This secretive program was supposedly launched in response to Soviet, Chinese and North Korean use of mind control techniques on U.S. On April 13, 1953, Allen Dulles, the director of the CIA, ordered the agency to develop mind-controlling drugs to be deployed against members of the Soviet bloc. But is there some historical accuracy hidden away between the lines? As it turns out, yes. ![]() Treadstone, of course, is the stuff of fiction. According to the Robert Ludlum books, Treadstone was formed in direct response to the Congressional Act which banned the U.S. ![]() It recruited soldiers and turned them into superhuman assassins, using a behavior-modification program. ![]() ![]() Were all these breakthroughs great though? Now that’s the real question, isn’t it? In the show, as is in the ‘Bourne’ series, Operation Treadstone is a CIA black ops program that generated and managed a cadre of sleeper agents stationed around the world. and the Soviet Union’s rivalry from that era produced many technological breakthroughs thanks to an unhealthy spirit of one-upmanship between the two nations. ‘Treadstone’, the USA Network spinoff from the ‘Bourne’ series brings to light a fascinating historical time - the Cold War.
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