#MKNAOMI
6 entries tagged MKNAOMI.
People (3)
- Harold Blauer New York tennis professional who died January 8, 1953, at the New York State Psychiatric Institute after receiving a massive intravenous dose of the mescaline derivative EA-1298 in a secret Army Chemical Corps chemical warfare experiment.
- Paul Hoch New York State Commissioner of Mental Hygiene who directed experimental research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute under Army Chemical Corps contract, administered mescaline and LSD to psychiatric patients through intraspinal injection, and bore direct responsibility for the death of Harold Blauer in January 1953.
- Vincent Ruwet Lieutenant Colonel who headed the Army's Special Operations Division at Fort Detrick and was Frank Olson's direct superior, present at the Deep Creek retreat where the CIA dosed his men with LSD and the official who escorted Olson to New York before his death.
Organizations (2)
- Health Alteration Committee Internal CIA committee that reviewed and authorized proposals for incapacitating or killing foreign targets, including approval of a 1960 operation to disable an Iraqi colonel using a biological agent delivered by monogrammed handkerchief.
- Special Operations Division Top-secret Army unit at Fort Detrick that developed biological weapons and delivery systems for CIA covert operations under MKNAOMI, employing Frank Olson until his death in 1953.
Places (1)
- Fort Detrick U.S. Army biological warfare research center in Frederick, Maryland, home to the Special Operations Division that produced germ weapons for CIA assassination operations under MKNAOMI.