CIA Brainwashing Experiments in Canada Synopsis In August 1977 Canadians reacted with horror and revulsion when they learned that in the 1950s and early 1960s, one of the most eminent psychiatrists in the country had used his vulnerable patients as unwitting guinea pigs in brainwashing experiments funded by the CIA and the Canadian government. This is the spellbinding true story of unchecked ambition and the misuses of medical power. Customer Comments A shopper, October 4, 1996
Of course, the CIA's interest was in the development of "perfect spies" who could not be "broken", and interrogation techniques which could break through any psychiatric pre-conditioning. This was all done in the name of "national security" - the catch words which until today are still used to justify all manner of secrecy, abuse and harm to innocent human being. Willing psychiatrists such as Cameron always seem eager and willing to conduct these brutal experiments on their fellow man. This book analyzes what sort of "logic" and person could and would do such things. As a "profession" psychiatrists seem immune to questions of morality and decency which would usually concern the rest of us.
|
