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ACID DREAMS, THE COMPLETE SOCIAL HISTORY OF LSD: THE CIA, THE SIXTIES, AND BEYOND |
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Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, chief of the CIA's Technical Service Staff, who ran the super-secret MK-ULTRA program. (George Tames/The New York Times)
George Hunter White, high-ranking narcotics official, shown in December 1952, when he began administering LSD to unwitting American citizens at the behest of the CIA. "It was fun, fun, fun," White said. "Where else could a red-blooded American lie, kill, cheat, and rape, with the sanction of the all-highest?" (New York Daily News Photo)
Major General William Creasy, chief officer of the US Army's Chemical Corps in the 1950's, preached a new military gospel of "war without death." During Congressional testimony Creasy called for the testing of hallucinogenic gases on subways in American cities. (The New York Times)
Captain Alfred M. Hubbard, the spy who became the first Johnny Appleseed of LSD. "If you don't think it's amazing," said Hubbard, "just go ahead and try it." (Courtesy of Bill Darling)
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