Allan Memorial Institute victims seek to sue CIA
Victims and their families of experimental treatments that took place at the Allan Memorial Institute in the 1950s and ’60s are hoping to sue the CIA, as part of a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for what happened.
Lawyers for the victims and the U.S. government presented arguments at the Quebec Court of Appeal Thursday morning.
About 300 individuals and families are trying to launch a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), the Royal Victoria Hospital and the CIA for what happened. The CIA partially funded the psychological experimentation project, known as MK-Ultra, between 1957 and 1960.
