I'm watching Manhunt: Unabomber and in it Ted Kaczynski says he was a part of MKUltra (CIA mind control experiments) is all this true? What really was MKUltra and how do we know about it?

by Stanleys_on_holiday

How do we know what they did?

What was the reaction when people found out?

Did they actually have an effect on Kaczynski and turn him into the Unabomber?

I read that some of what they did was sexually abuse children? Is this also true? If so how have I not heard of this?

But yeah anything you guys can tell me about MKUltra would be great thanks.

cdesmoulins

This shouldn't preclude answers to your other questions or a more broad discussion of MKUltra and its reputation/implications, but we had a recent-ish answer of the psychological experiments in which a teenage Kaczynski was a subject that might interest you: "Ted Kaczynski was, unbeknownst to him, subject of an abusive psychological experiment as an undergrad at Harvard, possibly as part of a joint program with the US government. Was this before ethical considerations were at the forefront of psychology? Were any precautions taken?" with answers by /u/hillsonghoods.