Tight-Lipped
West remains tight-lipped about these and other experiments and past activities that are under examination by Freedom.
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Walter Bowart, author of Operation Mind Control, described West as “perhaps the chief advocate of mind control in America today. From his participation in the development of brainwashing techniques for the U.S. Air Force to his involvement in the CIA’s famous MK Ultra projects, West has figured so prominently in the research and development of the invisible war that his public career appears like a carefully constructed espionage ‘cover.’”
Between 1974 and 1989, West received at least $5,110,099 in grants from the government, channeled through the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a major conduit for CIA programs.
Today, West advocates psychiatric drugs to treat virtually everything, holding that “the drug-free state of mind” is an “antiquated position.”
Throughout his career, he has sought to advance covert control of individuals and whole populations through his work with the intelligence community, and, of course, the cult of psychiatry.
Nowhere to Turn
When West’s longtime cohort, psychologist Margaret Singer, submitted a report on her theories to the American Psychological Association’s Board of Ethical and Social Responsibility for Psychology, the board found her work and that of the Task Force she chaired to be worthless: “In general, the report lacks the scientific rigor and evenhanded critical approach needed for APA imprimatur.”
Indeed the board was sufficiently motivated to warn her not to claim that it had approved the report—an unusual stipulation one would presume had been made because the board suspected that Singer might twist the board’s statements out of context.
The board stated: “The Board cautions the Task Force members against using their past appointment to imply BSERP or APA support or approval of the positions advocated in the report. BSERP requests the Task Force members not distribute or publicize the report without indicating that the report was unacceptable to the Board.”
In addition to rejecting Singer’s report outright, the APA joined 23 religious scholars in endorsing a position contrary to Singer’s “coercive persuasion” theory in an amicus brief before the California Supreme Court. Federal and state courts have likewise spurned her theories.
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