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| February 2025 | The Department of National Defence announced a new category of Persons Permanently Bound to Security (PPBS), establishing a lifetime designation for individuals with access to sensitive Special Operational Information (SOI) for national defense and intelligence work. |
| 2024 | Machine Girl released the album MG Ultra, referencing MKUltra and exploring themes of conspiracy theory and government masking issues. |
| 2021 | Glasgow-based band Mickey 9s released their album Modern Kunst, which includes a song called 'MK Ultra'. |
| January 2021 |
Federal Chief Information Security Officer
Chris DeRusha was appointed as the third Federal Chief Information Security Officer.
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| 2020 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War released, featuring a protagonist 'Bell' who is a victim of MKUltra and has been brainwashed about serving in the Vietnam War. |
| 2020 | Will Wood released The Normal Album, featuring a song titled 'BlackBoxWarrior - OKULTRA' describing the experience of an MKUltra victim. |
| 2020 | Visage video game released, inspired by MKUltra, featuring a scientist named Dwayne Anderson who conducts experiments involving spiking drinking water with psychedelic drugs. |
| 2018 | Australia retired its historical classification level, removing an equivalent classification marking. |
| March 2018 |
TNet
NICE system upgraded to include logging mechanisms that track which staff members access specific files, serving as a deterrent against potential information leaks.
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| 2017 |
TNet
NICE system begins storing transcripts of calls between President Donald Trump and foreign leaders as a method to restrict access and prevent potential leaks.
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| 2017 | Wormwood, a six-part docudrama miniseries directed by Errol Morris, is released on Netflix, focusing on scientist Frank Olson's involvement in Project MKUltra. |
| January 2017 |
Federal Chief Information Security Officer
Gregory Touhill stepped down from the Federal CISO position.
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| January 2017 |
Federal Chief Information Security Officer
Grant Schneider, formerly the Deputy CISO, was appointed as the second Federal Chief Information Security Officer.
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| January 10 2017 |
United States security clearance
James Clapper modified security clearance rules through Security Executive Agent Directive 4 during the final days of the Obama administration.
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| September 8 2016 |
Federal Chief Information Security Officer
The office of the Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) was officially created, establishing a dedicated leadership role for cybersecurity policy and implementation in the U.S. Federal Government.
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| September 8 2016 |
Federal Chief Information Security Officer
Gregory Touhill was appointed as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States.
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| 2015 | Periphery released their album Juggernaut: Alpha, which includes a song titled 'MK Ultra'. |
| 2014 | United Kingdom abolished the 'Confidential' classification level, transitioning to a new classification system. |
| 2014 | Daniel Ellsberg commented that the legal situation for classified information in the U.S. had worsened since 1973, suggesting Edward Snowden could not get a fair trial. |
| April 2014 | Government Security Classifications Policy was implemented, introducing a simplified classification model with three levels: Top Secret, Secret, and Official. |
| 2013 | Video game Outlast released, featuring antagonists driven insane by mind control experiments referencing MK-Ultra. |
| 2013 | United Kingdom discontinued its previous five-level classification system of Protect, Restricted, Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret. |
| July 2013 | The Olson family's lawsuit was dismissed, partly due to a previous 1976 settlement between the family and the government. |
| November 28 2012 | The Olson family filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government for the wrongful death of Frank Olson. |
| 2011 | Brazil passed the Information Access Law, which introduced a new system for classifying government documents. This law mandated that top secret documents can be classified for a maximum of 25 years, with a possible one-time extension of another 25 years, effectively limiting the maximum classification period to 50 years. This was a significant change from the previous system that allowed indefinite renewals of document classification. |
| July 19 2011 | Australia unified its National Security (NS) and Non-National Security (NNS) classification marking schemes into a single, comprehensive structure, streamlining the government's approach to classifying sensitive information. |
| 2010 |
United States security clearance
Estimate suggests that individuals with security clearances are among the top 10 percent of wage earners in the United States.
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