On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Stephen Kinzer, author of ‘Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.’ He discusses the role of Sidney Gottlieb in the CIA’s search for mind control, how he was relatively unknown and had a license to kill from the US government, and how he was the most powerful man in 20th century America. He also discusses Winston Churchill’s demand for bio weapons, the Korean War, and how it served as the beginning of the CIA’s obsession with researching and achieving mind control, the hiring of Nazi scientists by the United States through Operation Paperclip, how Sydney Gottlieb, who had a Jewish background, worked side-by-side with Nazi scientists after the Second World War to conduct medical experiments on live humans, the use of torture, LSD and mass poisonings by Gottlieb and his group of Nazi scientists on African Americans and other victims of the CIA’s attempts at mind control, and more! Finally, we speak to Fiona McEntee, a US immigration lawyer. She discusses the Trump administration and ICE’s attempts to deport foreign students from the USA due to some universities moving to online-only courses amid the coronavirus pandemic, how the Trump administration’s actions are a slap in the face to foreign students, how much foreign students contribute to the US economy, a potential loophole that may save many from deportation, and more!
