My luminous padlet by Rashad Lewis

MK Ultra

2930060 — 2024-12-03 17:16:51 UTC

The MK-Ultra was a human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used during interrogations to weaken individuals and force confessions through psychological torture. this affected the us citizens because they would test drugs on them without their permission and the experiments were so intense that some people didn't make it out alive or they weren't the same afterward

The COINTELPRO

2930060 — 2024-12-03 17:30:17 UTC

was a bunch of illegal projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States FBI aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, and disrupting American American political organizations. This affected the us citizens because it violated their rights, and spread fear and distrust in the community.

Iran-contra affair

2930060 — 2024-12-03 17:38:32 UTC

It was a political scandal in the U.S. that centered around the revelation that the senior officials in the Ronald Reagan administration secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran. this affected the citizens of the U.S. because they lost the trust of the officials, and many involved faced very little or no consequence making it seem like it wasn't that big of a deal.

1990's drug trafficking and the CIA's involvement

2930060 — 2024-12-03 17:47:30 UTC

A failed CIA anti-drug operation caused at least a ton of cocaine to be smuggled into the United states and sold on the streets. this affected the US citizens because it broke their trust in the government, it harmed the community, and many people became addicted.