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  PROJECT MIDNIGHT CLIMAX 

Operation Midnight Climax is the codename for a covert sub-project of MKULTRA, the CIA's alleged mind control research program of the 1950's and 1960's.

Operation Midnight Climax involved a network of CIA funded brothels in cities around the United States. The goal of the operation was to administer a wide range of substances to unsuspecting victims via prostitutes on the CIA payroll.

Victims would be lured back to the brothels where they were provided LSD or other drugs. CIA researchers would then monitor these unsuspecting victims in specially designed rooms outfitted with one-way glass.

The operation gathered a substantial amount of research in the fields of blackmail, surveillance and the use of mind-altering drugs in the field.

In 1962, an internal CIA investigation and subsequent report condemned the project, which resulted in a significant reduction in the program's size.

In 1966, the program was officially shut down.

 SEE ALSO

CIA

MKULTRA

LSD