Julia Child

During World War II, she joined the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, serving in Washington, D.C., Ceylon, and China.

Julia Child was born Julia Carolyn McWilliams on 8-15-1912 in Pasadena, California, into a comfortable, socially prominent family that valued education and culture. Her father, John McWilliams Jr., was a Princeton-educated banker and land manager, and her mother, Julia Carolyn Weston, came from a Massachusetts paper company fortune. Tall, athletic, and spirited, Julia attended Smith College, graduating in 1934 with a degree in history.

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MKUltra

Many of the MKUltra experiments involved unwitting American citizens, who were often administered LSD without their knowledge or consent.

Project MKUltra was a clandestine program run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that began in the early 1950s. The project’s roots trace back to the post-World War II era, when the U.S. government became increasingly concerned about the potential use of mind control and brainwashing by the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea.

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Neither Confirm Nor Deny – The Glomar Response

I was curious where the statement “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” originated and why they call it the Glomar Response. To answer the first part people have been using the phrase you many years, one of the earliest known was in 1916, Ford representatives said they would “neither confirm nor deny” that price cuts were in the offing for its popular Model-T automobile.

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