Project CHATTER

Project CHATTER (1947–1953) was the United States Navy’s program to develop interrogation drugs (a “truth serum”), running in parallel with the CIA’s mind-control efforts. It tested mescaline, scopolamine, and Anabasis aphylla on both animals and human subjects. Its findings fed into the broader intelligence community’s covert programs that culminated in MKUltra.

See Also

• MKUltra — the CIA program that absorbed CHATTER’s goals
• Project BLUEBIRD — the parallel CIA program
• Project ARTICHOKE — the subsequent CIA program
• U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) — the intelligence context