CIA’s interrogation techniques influenced by psychological experimentation.

Evidence

Project Artichoke seems to have been—not to be too fancily psychological—an outward projection of Wisner’s inner torment. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 81

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 81
• XREF: connects to: The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106; Physical conditions and scientific torture can destroy human will-power — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1080; Psychiatrists weaponized electric shock treatment as an interrogation technique. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 444 (+2 more)

Related

• The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. (similarity 0.81)
• Psychiatrists weaponized electric shock treatment as an interrogation technique. (similarity 0.80)
• MKULTRA aimed at creating drugs for amnesia and interrogation resistance. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. #expands (0.75) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106