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In 1951 the US government charged [[Julius Rosenberg|Julius]] and [[Ethel Rosenberg]] with spying and sentenced them to death. They were killed by electrocution in [[1953]]. Their children were adopted by high school teacher, poet, songwriter and social activist [[Abel Meeropol]]. | In 1951 the US government charged [[Julius Rosenberg|Julius]] and [[Ethel Rosenberg]] with spying and sentenced them to death. They were killed by electrocution in [[1953]]. Their children were adopted by high school teacher, poet, songwriter and social activist [[Abel Meeropol]]. | ||
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| + | In USA, the [[Boggs Act]] set out minimum federal sentences for possession of [[marijuana]], [[cocaine]] and [[opiates]].<ref>https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-war-on-drugs-721152</ref> It was signed into law by [[Harry Truman]] on November 2, 1951. | ||
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
In 1951 the US government charged Julius and Ethel Rosenberg with spying and sentenced them to death. They were killed by electrocution in 1953. Their children were adopted by high school teacher, poet, songwriter and social activist Abel Meeropol.
Boggs Act
In USA, the Boggs Act set out minimum federal sentences for possession of marijuana, cocaine and opiates.[1] It was signed into law by Harry Truman on November 2, 1951.
Events
| Event | Start | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Bootstrap | 1930 | 1970 | Between 1930 and 1970, around one third of all women in the US territory of Puerto Rico were sterilized |
| Tuskegee syphilis experiment | 1932 | 1972 | A murderous experiment which looked at the progression of syphilis. Subjects were told that they were being treated, while in fact treatment was denied them. Exposed after 40 years by a whistleblower who went to the press. |
| Morgenthau Plan | 16 September 1944 | 5 May 1955 | Proposal to destroy or remove Germany's industrial base. |
| Ratline | 1945 | 1960 | Channels where by prominent Nazis were spirited out of Europe to South America. |
| Operation Paperclip | 8 May 1945 | 1990 | A transfer of top German scientists to USA. |
| Turkish Straits crisis | 1946 | 1953 | |
| Guatemala syphilis experiment | 1946 | 1953 | A murderous experiment which infected healthy subjects with syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid and possibly other diseases. |
| Cold War | 1947 | 26 September 1991 | The official narrative had 2 diametrically opposed systems locked in combat with one another since soon after WW2. Each of the "superpowers" and its team of allies needed to outdo each other by creating ever more and deadlier weapons, creating a kind of perpetual war for perpetual peace, with the warring parties engaging mainly in covert/proxy wars. Deep state interests blossomed in the climate of fear and paranoia. |
| Project CHATTER | 1947 | 1953 | CIA research focused on the identification and testing of drugs in interrogations and the recruitment of agents. |
| Operation Demagnetize | 1948 | 1980 | "The institutional hardening of Gladio", an expansion of Gladio in the late 1940s, early 1950s. |
| Marshall Plan | 1948 | 1951 | US initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to post-war Western Europe that has reached mythological status in transatlantic circles. If one looks at the details, it becomes far less impressive in achieving its stated objectives. |
| Project AERODYNAMIC | 1949 | 1970 | Program to provide funding and equipment for anti-Soviet resistance groups in Ukraine |
| Project Ulysses | 1950 | 1968 | Mossad covert operation to infiltrate and subvert the Palestinian political leadership |
| Lockheed/Bribery scandals | 1950 | 1976 | A series of bribes made by officials of the U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft. |
| Korean War | 25 June 1950 | 27 July 1953 | The war on the Korean peninsular between the China/Soviet-backed forces of the North and the US-backed South between 1951-53 |
| Korean War/Biological warfare | 1951 | 1952 | Alleged experimental usage of insect-born biological/bacteriological weapons during the Korean war |
| Project ARTICHOKE | 20 August 1951 | 13 April 1953 | An investigation into interrogation methods using drugs and other methods: "Can we get control of an individual to the point where he will do our bidding against his will and even against fundamental laws of nature, such as self-preservation?" |
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paix et Liberté |  | CIA front organization | |
| European Youth Campaign |  | CIA funded organization to promote European integration and create cadre of young politicians | |
| Epidemic Intelligence Service |  | ||
| Federal Constitutional Court of Germany |  | The supreme constitutional court for Germany | |
| East China Normal University |  | Public (National) | An elite research-intensive university |
| Harvard/International Seminar |  | deep state recruitment network led by Henry Kissinger in the 1950s and 1960s | |
| Clandestine Planning Committee | | Secret International Criminal | Together with the Allied Clandestine Committee, coordinates the Operation Gladio 'stay behind' groups. |
| Karachi University |  | Public | One of the largest universities in Pakistan |
| Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies | | Research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs | |
| Radio Free Asia | .png) | Propaganda Corporate media | "not the CIA since 1971" |
| The Bow Group |  | Think tank | |
| Bush Overbey Oil Development Company | | GHWB co-founded oil company | |
| Political Warfare Cadres Academy |  | CIA-supervised Taiwanese military academy known for its training in torture, especially to Latin-American police, military and intelligence forces. | |
| NATO/Defense College |  | Meeting place for policy makers and military officers. | |
| IOM | | Specialised agency |
A Group that was Wound Up
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Policy Coordination | | Intelligence agency | A forerunner of the CIA, "staffed by reckless adventurers" |
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