Editing MKUltra (section)

===Other related projects===
In 1964, MKSEARCH was the name given to the continuation of the MKULTRA program. The MKSEARCH program was divided into two projects dubbed [[MKOFTEN]] and [[MKCHICKWIT]]. Funding for MKSEARCH commenced in 1965, and ended in 1971.<ref name= 1977Senate /> The project was a joint project between the [[U.S. Army Chemical Corps]] and the CIA's [[Office of Research and Development (CIA)|Office of Research and Development]] to find new offensive-use agents, with a focus on [[incapacitating agent]]s. Its purpose was to develop, test, and evaluate capabilities in the covert use of biological, chemical, and radioactive material systems and techniques of producing predictable human behavioral and/or physiological changes in support of highly sensitive operational requirements.<ref name= 1977Senate />

By March 1971, over 26,000 potential agents had been acquired for future screening.<ref name="LeeShlain2007">{{cite book|author1=Martin A. Lee|author2=Bruce Shlain|title=Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oq8djFLFL0C&pg=PT373|year=2007|publisher=Grove/Atlantic|isbn=978-0-8021-9606-4|pages=373–}}</ref> The CIA was interested in [[Bird migration#Physiology and control|bird migration]] patterns for [[Chemical warfare|chemical]] and [[biological warfare]] (CBW) research; subproject 139 designated "Bird Disease Studies" at [[Pennsylvania State University]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Richards |title= Data shows 50s projects: Germ Testing by the CIA|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=A1 |date=June 17, 1977 |access-date= January 20, 2014 |url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/CIA%20CBW/Item%2001.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/CIA%20CBW/Item%2001.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live }}</ref> MKOFTEN was to deal with testing and toxicological transmissivity and behavioral effects of drugs in animals and, ultimately, humans.<ref name=1977Senate>1977 Senate MKULTRA Hearing: Appendix C – Documents Referring to subprojects</ref> MKCHICKWIT was concerned with acquiring information on new drug developments in Europe and Asia, and with acquiring samples.<ref name=1977Senate/>

In January 1957, the CIA started a subproject of MKUltra in effort to broaden their scientific research. "[[Subproject 68]]", conducted at the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal under the direction of psychiatrist [[Donald Ewen Cameron|Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron]], represents one of the most infamous and ethically controversial endeavors within the MKUltra program.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jack |date=October 27, 1985 |title=Subproject 68: The Case Continues |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100120028-1.pdf |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> This subproject aimed to explore innovative techniques for manipulating and controlling human behavior, particularly through the methods of "[[psychic driving]]" and "depatterning". Psychic driving involved subjecting patients to continuous playback of recorded messages, often with themes of self-improvement or identity reinforcement, while they were under the influence of powerful psychoactive substances such as LSD or [[barbiturate]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shenon |first1=Philip |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1988-10-06 |title=C.I.A. Near Settlement of Lawsuit By Subjects of Mind-Control Tests |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/06/world/cia-near-settlement-of-lawsuit-by-subjects-of-mind-control-tests.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>