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76: The CIA Assassination of Frank Olson | The Murder that Exposed MK-ULTRA

2022/9/15
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1953年11月28日，科学家弗兰克·奥尔森被发现死于纽约Statler酒店的10层楼下。官方说法是自杀，但诸多疑点指向CIA的参与。酒店经理Armin Pastore注意到奥尔森死前的一些异常情况，例如只穿内衣、房间窗户紧闭等，这与自杀行为不符。此外，奥尔森的同事Robert Lashbrook在案发后不久致电给一位医生，并称"他走了"，这暗示了某种预谋。 20年后，洛克菲勒委员会的报告揭露了CIA的MKUltra计划，该计划涉及对人员进行秘密的、非法的药物实验，奥尔森正是该计划的受害者之一。政府向奥尔森的家人道歉并赔偿，但并未承认谋杀。 奥尔森的家人多年来一直怀疑其死因，并在多年后对奥尔森的遗体进行了第二次尸检。尸检报告显示，奥尔森的头部和胸部存在钝器外伤，这与跳楼自杀的伤势不符，这表明奥尔森可能是被故意推下楼的。 奥尔森生前参与了CIA的多个秘密项目，包括生物武器研究和MKUltra计划。他目睹了该计划的残酷和非法性，并开始对自己的工作产生道德上的质疑。在一次CIA的秘密会议上，奥尔森被下药，这可能是CIA对其忠诚度的一次测试。奥尔森的死，以及他家人的坚持，最终导致了MKUltra计划的部分曝光，但参与者并未受到法律制裁。一些CIA内部文件也暗示了CIA拥有暗杀许可，并且奥尔森的死符合其暗杀手册中描述的完美谋杀案例。奥尔森的死因至今仍未完全明朗，但诸多证据指向CIA的参与，甚至可能是蓄意谋杀。

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Frank Olson's death is described, raising suspicions about the CIA's involvement due to his knowledge of illegal activities.

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November 28th, 1953. New York City. 

At 2:30 AM the body hit the sidewalk. A few seconds later, a shower of glass.

The doorman of the Statler Hotel yelled to the lobby that there was a jumper.

The night manager rushed out and saw him. A man, about 40 years old, lying on the pavement. He was on his back, wearing only his underwear and blood started to pool around him.

13 stories up, a single window was open; its curtain flapping through broken glass.

The night manager knelt beside the man, whose eyes were open and was somehow still alive. He desperately tried to speak but was choking on blood and couldn't be understood. After a minute or two of trying to communicate, the man took a final deep breath and was gone.

Nobody knows for sure what he was trying to say before he died.

But one thing is for certain, it was something about the CIA.

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