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All The News That Fits Brainwashees “‘Pabhine Caitrak Caught Brainwashees Cocaine Contras Caught Sue CIA Eight Canadians havebroughtthe CIA to trial over medical experiments con- ducted on them in the 1950s and ‘60s. The experiments were part of a program called MK-ULTRA and were conducted in Montreal by famous Canadian psy- chiatrist Dr Ewen Cameron at the Allan Memorial Institute. The plaintiffs are former medical and psychiatric patients who were referred to Dr Cameron for “therapy”, but were in- \ stead subjected to various experimental KA 4 & De ot ery brainwashing techniques including re- ET QRS SENS PE TIO “ peated injects of (sD, heavy electro- | ing a 28-year sentence in a U.S. gaol has Free Market Traders shock, deep sleep therapy and a form of | testified about long-standing links be- Betzner said that a year later the now- memory wiping called “psychic driving” | tween Florida-based drug smugglers convicted smuggler George Morales had ~in which tapes containing negative sug- | flying loads out of Colombiaand the US- _ asked Betzner to help him out of his drug gestions were played for weeks onend. { backed Contra rebels. indictment by running guns and ammu- In 1948 Dr Cameron was at Nurem- The disclosures before the Senate nition to the Contras and bringing back burg, helping to writea code of ethics for | Foreign Relations sub-committee unspecified contraband. Morales told medical experiments in the wake of reve- | indicate CIA involvement in cocaine him he'd “made a deal with the CIA”. lations of Nazi experiments at the | trading operations after its aid to the He started flying M-60 machine guns, Nuremburg war trials. He was ap- | Contraswasstopped bytheUSCongress. M-16 automatic rifles and C-4 plastic proached by Mr Allen Dulles (then direc- The pilot, Gary Betzner, got into explosive to Costa Rica in 1984. On each tor of the CIA) to help with the psycho- | drug-running in the early 1980s and __ return trip he brought back cocaine. logical examination of Rudolf Hess. claims one of his earliest contacts, a part- US Army Southern Commander Dr Cameron died in 1967 at the ageof | Colombian helicopter pilot named Rich- General Paul Gordon previously told the 66 while mountain climbing. He was paid | ard Healey, helped the Contras and sub-committee there were “fairly $97,000 by the CIA. Documents uncov- | brought heroin and cocaine to the US. sizeable marijuana operations on the ered by The Toronto Star show that the Both pilots ferried grenades,grenade- southern front in Nicaragua, some in- Canadian Government funded secret | launchers and ship-mines tothe Contras volving the Contras, some not.” brainwashing experiments by his col- | through the llopanga Air Force Base in El He said if someone wanted to organ- league. Documents obtained bytheCana- | Salvador. From therethey flewtoColom- ise an armed undertaking “the easiest dians' lawyer show that Dr Cameron | biaand picked up about 3,000 kgs of mari- place to get the money and the guns is in applied directly to the CIA for funding. juana to bring back to the US. the drug world.” Sue CIA Betzner said that a year later the now- convicted smuggler George Morales had asked Betzner to help him out of his drug indictment by running guns and ammu- nition to the Contras and bringing back unspecified contraband. Morales told him he'd “made a deal with the CIA”. He started flying M-60 machine guns, M-16 automatic rifles and C-4 plastic explosive to Costa Rica in 1984. On each return trip he brought back cocaine. US Army Southern Commander General Paul Gordon previously told the sub-committee there were “fairly sizeable marijuana operations on the southern front in Nicaragua, some in- volving the Contras, some not.” He said if someone wanted to organ- ise an armed undertaking “the easiest place to get the money and the guns is in the drug world.” UK DataBase In Place Vatabase in UZ The British Government’s Department of Whoever gets the contract, nearly a Health and Social Security (DHSS) is quarter of the 83,000 DHSS staff will be The Australian National University combining all health insurance records made redundant. (ANU) has been funded by the U.N. to and social security benefits into a massive The Society of Civil and Public Ser- | compile a biographical database for computerised database costing £1.6 bil- | vants (SCPS) has condemned the pro- | Southeast Asia. Some Southeast Asian lion. gram for its “Big Brother” aspects. The | countries are being fnvited to provide The Social Services Secretary may program incorporates a network of | information. give one of two American computer 30,000 computer terminals in DHSS of- The Southeast Asia Biographical Da- companies - Computer Science Corpora- _fices linked to a central computer. The | tabase Project is developing a system tion or Electronic Data Systems -the £100 —_ system’s hardware is being provided by | with which researchers can call up data million-a-year contract. ICL and the cabling by British Telecom. on topics such as the number and identity Electronic Data Systems is a subsidi- “An informal relationship between | of people from an area who joined certain ary of General Motors and was investi- the policeand the DHSS already exists for | political parties, etc - information that gated in 1986 by the immigration service the exchange of information which re- | would be of particular interest to police after The Guardian published details ofa _lates to fraud cases. To establish a formal | and intelligence organizations. company memo urging US staff to lie interchange relationship would be one The project began in 1985 at the when entering Britain in order to work _ simple step,” the SCPS said last Novem- | ANU’s research school of Pacific Studies. without permits. ber when the scheme was announced. NEXUS New Times Five - Winter 1988 13 The British Government’s Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) is combining all health insurance records and social security benefits into a massive computerised database costing £1.6 bil- lion. The Social Services Secretary may give one of two American computer companies - Computer Science Corpora- tion or Electronic Data Systems - the £100 million-a-year contract. Electronic Data Systems is a subsidi- ary of General Motors and was investi- gated in 1986 by the immigration service after The Guardian published details of a company memo urging US staff to lie when entering Britain in order to work without permits. GR De ea Free Market Traders Southeast Asian Database in Oz