A Waste of Sin

About this episode

The episode discusses the shift in CIA operations from mind control using LSD to weaponizing sex following Frank Olson's death.

After Frank Olson’s death in New York, George White had to move his whole operation to San Francisco. And the CIA added a twist: while they’d been occupied with using LSD as a mind-control drug, now they wanted him to weaponize sex. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: George White

Topics covered

• LSD
• mind control
• CIA operations
• sex
• San Francisco
• Frank Olson

Keywords

• Frank Olson
• George White
• CIA
• LSD
• mind control
• sex
• San Francisco

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

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