The CIA treated foreign nations as laboratories for experimentation.

Evidence

Albania was an experimental animal. (“Our ‘allies’ wanted to make use of Albania as a guinea pig, without caring about human losses,” said one survivor, Abas Ermenji.) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 349

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 349
• XREF: connects to: CIA conducted germ-simulation tests in the New York City subway system. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 212; The CIA planned biological attacks against Soviet crops using spores. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 328; The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106 (+7 more)

Related

• Overseas military labs build influence and are not purely scientific (similarity 0.85)
• The CIA planned biological attacks against Soviet crops using spores. (similarity 0.83)
• Castro suspected the CIA introduced biological plagues to undermine Cuba. (similarity 0.82)
• CIA conducted germ-simulation tests in the New York City subway system. (similarity 0.82)
• The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. (similarity 0.81)

Library Connections

• The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. #exemplifies (0.90) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106

Broader Connections

• Castro suspected the CIA introduced biological plagues to undermine Cuba. #exemplifies (0.80) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 107
• The United States offered other nations a template of propaganda and punishment to emulate #expands (0.60)