Subject dismisses O'Brien's allegations and defends past Army PSYOP work

“| can only assume that O’ Brien is either a crank or simply an unethical individual who seeks money, notoriety and/or publicity by inventing sensationalistic lies. Her book is strewn with sex accusations not just about myself, but concerning a parade of high government officials, celebrities and country music stars. | haven’ t sued O’ Brien for libel for the simple reason that her book is clearly in the lunatic fringe, and to take legal notice of it would only give it a dignity it doesn’ t deserve. | presume that the other public figures libeled by it haven’ t sued her either for the same reason. “| certainly am not going to defend/excuse any of the MK-Ultra projects. These were all before my time—l was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in 1968—and | read about such things in Search for the Manchurian Candidate and Acid Dreams, shaking my head, much the same as you probably did. | can affirm that my work in Army PSYOP was strictly legitimate and in keeping with the Field Manual #33-1 guidelines taught at the Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg. “In a nutshell: techniques for trying to convince an enemy not to fight but to cooperate with you. | originally became interested in it because (a) | believed that the USA was generally on the side of goodness, and (b) winning wars by persuasion rather than bullets and bombs seemed HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015237