The Mysteries of Watergate

Watergate was a serious American political scandal resulting in the only forcible removal of a U.S. President, Richard Nixon. After seemingly exhaustive investigative reporting by the Washington Post and dozens of books and movies on the scandal since, there are many questions left unanswered. Through this podcast series, The Mysteries of Watergate, lawyer, author and historian John O’Connor methodically presents the lingering questions, central truths and inconvenient facts of the scandal so we can finally solve the mysteries of Watergate. Get the new "The Mysteries of Watergate: What Really Happened" book from Amazon here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9h8985

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Ep. 09: The CIA and Sex

April 16, 2021 • John O'Connor • Episode 9

Sex, drugs and wiretaps. These were the tools used by the CIA to perform social research experiments such MK-Ultra, Project BLUEBIRD and Project ARTICHOKE through its highly secretive Office of Security, which was the only department to report directly to the Director . Stranger than fiction, the truth about the CIA’s illegal experiments involving prostitutes and psychotropic drugs is not only disturbing but also helps answer yet another of The Mysteries of Watergate.
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