Reading Room Document
Obligations to the Subjects of the MKULTRA Drug-testing Program
In this memo, the OLC addressed whether the CIA had a legal duty to notify MKULTRA test subjects who remained at risk of negative health effects due to their involvement in the study, and which agency was required to carry out the notification process. The OLC concluded that the CIA had the duty to notify those whose health could still be impaired, and had a "lawful authority" to do so. The OLC added that the CIA could also lawfully ask another agency to carry out the notification process.
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