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Mk ultra was a human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the CIA to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used during interrogations to weaken individuals and force confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture.

This was important because it striked fear into people so they could tell the truth.

It affects the US citizens because this shows how much power the CIA has.

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In 1956 with the aim of undermining the operations of the Communist Party of the United States.

It was important because the FBI's intentions was to prevent and disrupt protests against the Vietnam War.

This would have prevented harm to the US.

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The Iran Contra affair was a political scandal in the United States that centered around the revelation that senior officials in the Ronald Reagan administration secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran from 1981 to 1986.

Both the sale of weapons to Iran and the funding of the Contras attempted to circumvent not only stated administration policy

This affects the US because it provided military support.

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Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States CIA program to arm and finance in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military intervention by the USSR in support of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive covert CIA operations ever undertaken.

Affects on the US is that gained military support.

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Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959; several were former members of the Nazi Party.

This was important because it brought Nazi German scientists to America to harness their brain power for Cold War initiatives.

This affects the US because it gives us more powerful information.

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In 1990, a failed CIA anti-drug operation in Venezuela resulted in at least a ton of cocaine being smuggled into the United States and sold on the streets.

Important because it was part of a plan to assist an undercover agent to gain the confidence of a Colombian drug cartel.

This affects the US because there is a lot of drugs being used in the US.