Since folks have been asking...
This review summarizes my feelings about the movie.
I wish Errol & Netflix the best of luck w their film and encourage anyone who sees it & wants to know more to get the damn book, preferably a print edition w the 60+ pages of endnotes (1)
.@abby_aguirre considers Errol Morris’s new documentary "CHAOS: The Manson Murders": "Viewers who haven’t read O’Neill’s book will find the film interesting enough. To me, it felt like reading the abstract of a white paper that’s locked behind a paywall." https://t.co/yCcld11RXL
Pull quotes from Jolly West’s 6/11/53 letter to “Sherman Grifford” (Sidney Gottlieb) outlining planned experiments on unwitting subjects at Lackland Air Force Base. This is one of the docs discussed at @realannapaulina’s Congressional hearing last week
Jolly West’s ‘55/56 report to CIA that his memory replacement experiments had been a success. As I testified to @realannapaulina’s committee, the doc was withheld from Congress in ‘77 despite CIA Director Stanfield’s Turner’s sworn testimony that all MKULTRA docs were released
Re-upping #3
In '55 West reported to the CIA that he'd developed the tech to replace "true memories" with "false memories" in people without their knowledge. His report, submitted to the Geschikster Fund, a cut out for the CIA, was released to congress during their '77 probe.
Thread: 3 Eye-Opening Takeaways from the First MKUltra Congressional Hearing in 49 Years
1/4 – Successful Memory Replacement Claims
Expert witness and author Tom O’Neill revealed that CIA-contracted psychiatrist Dr. Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West claimed he had learned how to replace true memories with false ones in unwitting subjects — without their knowledge.
West reportedly stated it was “feasible to take the memory of a definite event… and through hypnotic suggestion, bring about the subsequent conscious recall (that) a different fictional event actually did occur.”
O’Neill noted the original 1956 report was altered before being given to Congress in 1977.
My opening statement at yesterday’s MKULTRA hearing, the first congressional inquiry into the notorious mind control program in nearly half a century. (Sorry about the stumbling delivery, I hate public speaking)
*Link for entire hearing: https://t.co/kDuvRGWyjA
For decades, questions about MKUltra were dismissed or ignored. Today, investigative journalist Tom O’Neill lays out why those questions still deserve answers. @chaosmansonbook
WATCH his compelling opening statement below👇
⭐️Check. Out. This. Book Tour!
I have the best co-hosts—journalists extraordinaire
Tom O'Neill, Elliot Ackerman, Shane Harris...
Amazing venues and booksellers
Ask questions, get your book(s) signed🙏
Reserve your tix, quick (links below)
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Sat, July 25 at 3pm – Los Angeles |
Book Soup w/ Beverly Hills Library - (ticketed event)
Moderator: Tom O'Neill @chaosmansonbook
"One of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer"
TICKETED EVENT: ANNIE JACOBSEN, IN CONVERSATION WITH TOM O'NEILL, DISCUSSES & SIGNS BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS: A SCENARIO
DATE: Sat, 7/25/2026
TIME: 3:00pm
PLACE: Beverly Hills Public Library
444 N. Rexford Dr
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
https://t.co/el3RsFeDM8
Sorry, took me a minute to get this up. It's the promised part 2 of the Mary Neiswender post from May 25.
(this woman was a hero).
RIP Mary
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