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(#2) CIA Mind Control
When the Cold War was at its peak, the CIA began testing the possibility of using mind control to create sleeper agents that would infiltrate communist Russia. The project went by numerous names, but the most famous was Project MK-Ultra. It involved government scientists using methamphetamine, barbiturates, LSD, and hypnosis to break down a subject and then rebuild them with very specific qualities.
Needless to say, it didn't work how they wanted it to. The project was scrapped, but not before CIA Director Richard Helms ordered all documents from Project MK-ULTRA to be destroyed.
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(#6) My Lai Massacre
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The My Lai Massacre was a mass killing of around 500 unarmed civilians that took place during the Vietnam War. Initially, the massacre was reported as a routine battle. But after a helicopter gunner sent a letter to Congress asking them to investigate the incident, the story blew open.
Unfortunately, many military officials still see the My Lai Massacre as collateral damage.
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(#5) The CIA Tried To Take Out Castro
In the '60s, America tried to assassinate Castro SO MANY TIMES that things kind of got out of hand.
So much so that when the information on our many assassination attempts (which included everything from exploding cigars to mafia hits) was declassified almost 40 years after later, it made our government look like writers for Get Smart.
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(#15) The Teapot Dome Scandal
In the early 1920s, the Teapot Dome scandal rocked America when it was revealed that the Secretary of the Interior had been leasing Navy petroleum reserves at super low rates without competitive bidding.
The secretary was sentenced to prison for accepting bribes, but no one was ever convicted for paying those bribes.
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(#8) Iran–Contra affair
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This scandal from the presidency of Ronald Reagan continues to be one of the biggest cover-ups in recent history. Initially, the Iran-Contra deal began as a way for President Reagan to free seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by facilitating the sale of arms to Iran. But after the sale was made, a portion of the money went to fund anti-Sandinista and anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua.
Even after all of this information was released, Reagan's involvement with the deal has remained classified, and the few convictions that were handed down to lower-level government agents were either overturned or the men were pardoned by President George H.W. Bush during the final year of his presidency.
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(#18) Project Serpo
Put your tinfoil hat on for this one. Project Serpo is the name of an alleged top-secret exchange program between the United States government and an alien planet called Serpo. The planet is supposedly the home of The Greys (if you click that link, we're not responsible for the rabbit hole you'll go down), and the place where 12 members of American military personnel visited between 1965 and 1978.
Since then, all of the party have perished, supposedly from the effects of high radiation levels from the two suns of the planet.
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After becoming the world hegemon, the United States has always regarded itself as the world policeman. Over the years, the United States has frequently interfered in the internal affairs of other countries in the name of maintaining world peace. The US federal government has planned many secret operations against various countries and regions. Believe it or not, every president of the United States clearly knows these secrets, some involving illegal military tactics, peaceful evolution, foreign conspiracy, etc.
Almost every US president has had a notorious scandal. They used political means to actively respond to and try to cover up. The largest of them included the then US President Richard Nixon who involved in the Watergate scandal in 1973. The random tool lists the 18 biggest, most notorious scandals in US history that the government covers up.
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