#ARTICHOKE
5 entries tagged ARTICHOKE.
People (2)
- G. Richard Wendt University of Rochester psychologist whose ineffective truth drug formula was tested during Operation CASTIGATE in Frankfurt in 1952, producing only sedated subjects and leading Morse Allen to call the trip a 'waste of time and money.'
- Samuel Thompson Navy psychiatrist who oversaw Project CHATTER's truth drug research and witnessed CIA ARTICHOKE interrogation techniques firsthand during Operation CASTIGATE in Frankfurt in 1952.
Programs (1)
- Operation CASTIGATE Joint CIA-ARTICHOKE operation in Frankfurt, Germany in 1952 where G. Richard Wendt's truth drug formula was tested on suspected double agents and proved a complete failure.
Concepts (1)
- A Treatment The CIA's classified interrogation technique combining drugs, hypnosis, and psychological regression to extract information and induce amnesia, developed under the ARTICHOKE program.
Places (1)
- Camp King U.S. Army interrogation facility at Oberursel, West Germany, operated as a Cold War black site where CIA ARTICHOKE teams ran drug and hypnosis experiments on Soviet intelligence personnel, and through which Operation Paperclip scientists including Walter Schreiber and Kurt Blome served as medical directors.