at http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-Lm3AeU97UsJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKULTRA+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Project MKULTRA , or MK-ULTRA , was the code name for a covert , illegal CIA human experimentation program, run by the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence . This official U.S. government program began in the early 1950s, continued at least through the late 1960s, and used U.S. and Canadian citizens as