Reading Room Document

Destruction of MKULTRA Project Records by CIA Officials

In this memo, the OLC addressed whether a CIA official could be found criminally liable for the destruction of the MKULTRA project records in 1973. The OLC concluded that criminal liability under 18 U.S.C § 1361 or 18 U.S.C. § 2017 required proof that the official intentionally destroyed government records with the knowledge that the destruction was a violation of law.

January 5, 1978