Well like I say it shows intent from the CIA AND by extension the US government to control its citizens.
And I wouldn't describe it as a 'crackpot scheme', have you even read about the scope of this thing?
All of this factually happened, over a period of 20 years the US government drugged, tortured and attempted to control its own unwitting citizens using the assistance of over 80 institutions.
I'm not getting involved in this discussion but just to laugh and instantly discredit someone is pretty patronising. If you spoke about MKUltra in the 1950s you would have been mocked as a lunatic.