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Sex, Drugs & the CIA by Douglas Valentine [Editors' Note: We are once again pleased to publish an exclusive investigative report by Douglas Valentine, author of The Phoenix Program, the best book on the CIA's assassination program in Vietnam. This time Valentine, who has just put the finishing touches on Strength of the Wolf (a history of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the origins of the war on drugs), explores one of the Agency's more disgusting chapters, the doping of unsuspecting American citizens with LSD. With the Bush administration and members of congress from both parties clamoring to unfetter the spy Agency in the wake of 9/11, this cautionary tale from the CIA's recent past couldn't come at a more apt time. For more on George Hunter White and the CIA's MK-Ultra program read our book Whiteout: the CIA, Drugs and the Press.--jsc/ac] Barbara Crowley Smithe was nineteen years old in January 1953. She was full-figured, sexy and smart, with dark hair, blue eyes, and a trace of Irish freckles. She lived in Manhattan with her husband Eliot Smithe, and their 20-month old daughter, Valerie. People who knew Barbara said she was a vibrant, happy young woman, but that she became confused about her sexuality, and gradually lost her self-esteem. Her friends did not know why, but she began to have angry confrontations with Eliot. Arguments led to rough fights and a separation in 1957. Two extra-martial affairs engendered a haunting sense of guilt, guilt led to depression, depression dissolved into despair, and ultimately Barbara succumbed to paranoia. At her psychiatrist's advice Barbara was admitted to Stony Lodge Hospital in December 1958. Before long she and Eliot divorced, and Valerie went to live with Eliot's parents. Institutionalized for much of the next twenty years, Barbara died of leukemia in February 1978, without ever telling Eliot the secret she took to her grave--the stunning secret that may very well explain her descent into mental illness. Indeed, Barbara's mental breakdown may be traced to the night of January 11th, 1953, when--without her knowledge or consent--she was given a dose of LSD by an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency. After that incredible night, her short, sad life was never the same. [...] Read the Complete Article at the above URL. Peace, Preston Peet [EMAIL PROTECTED] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
