The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation.

Evidence

The payment—in cash or cashier’s check—was authorized by LSD scientist Sidney Gottlieb: it was part of the CIA’s now famous MKULTRA program of biochemical and psychological experimentation. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106
• XREF: connects to: The CIA planned biological attacks against Soviet crops using spores. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 328; The CIA treated foreign nations as laboratories for experimentation. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 349; MKULTRA aimed at creating drugs for amnesia and interrogation resistance. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1089 (+4 more)