S8 "Brainwashed" E4: Suing the CIA

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4.5 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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After discovering that they were the unwitting victims of human experiments, nine of Dr. Cameron’s victims band together to take on a Herculean task – to make the CIA pay. How do you sue one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world? This is Uncover: Brainwashed. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/brainwashed-transcripts-listen-1.5734335

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Tamara Kandakker and I'm the host of CBC's World News Podcast.
0:05.8	Nothing is foreign.
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0:13.0	in one part of the world can affect every corner of the planet.
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0:22.6	really are.
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0:31.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:34.0	Good evening.
0:36.0	I'm Eric Malley.
0:38.0	Four years ago there were some startling revelations about the activities of the CIA in Canada.
0:43.6	The American Intelligence Agency had paid for a series of brainwashing experiments under
0:48.6	a project codenamed MK-Ultra.
0:52.2	Nine Canadians are now suing the US government for a million dollars of peace.
0:58.8	It's 1984, the year that is, not the dystopian state of affairs.
1:03.2	Although the details about MK-Ultra do take a page right out of George Orwell's novel.
1:08.8	Their lives were disrupted forever as a result of the brainwashing.
1:13.8	This is the CBC's investigative program, The Fifth Estate.
1:19.0	In Winnipeg, Val Orlaco spends a lot of time tending her plans.
1:24.6	It's one of the few hobbies she has left.
1:27.6	She used to devour books and write long letters.
1:30.8	Now she can't concentrate on a book for more than a single page and writing a letter is
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