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The '''Office of Technical Service''' ('''OTS'''; formerly known as the ''Technical Services Division'' and ''Technical Services Staff'') is a component of the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]],<ref>Central Intelligence Agency press release, [https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2011/ots-celebrates-60-yrs.html CIA's Office of Technical Service Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation], September 16, 2011</ref> responsible for supporting CIA's [[Directorate of Operations (CIA)|clandestine operations]] with [[gadgets]], [[disguise]]s, [[forgery|forgeries]], [[Steganography|secret writings]], and [[weapons]]. In the 1950s and early 1960s it also [[research]]ed, investigated, and [[experiment]]ed the use of [[psychoactive drug|drugs]], [[chemicals]], [[hypnosis]], and [[solitary confinement|isolation]] to extract information during interrogation, as well as to make it easier for American captives to resist interrogation. OTS is part of CIA's [[Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology|Directorate of Science and Technology]]. |
The '''Office of Technical Service''' ('''OTS'''; formerly known as the ''Technical Services Division'' and ''Technical Services Staff'') is a component of the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]],<ref>Central Intelligence Agency press release, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111020031419/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2011/ots-celebrates-60-yrs.html CIA's Office of Technical Service Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation], September 16, 2011</ref> responsible for supporting CIA's [[Directorate of Operations (CIA)|clandestine operations]] with [[gadgets]], [[disguise]]s, [[forgery|forgeries]], [[Steganography|secret writings]], and [[weapons]]. In the 1950s and early 1960s it also [[research]]ed, investigated, and [[experiment]]ed the use of [[psychoactive drug|drugs]], [[chemicals]], [[hypnosis]], and [[solitary confinement|isolation]] to extract information during interrogation, as well as to make it easier for American captives to resist interrogation. OTS is part of CIA's [[Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology|Directorate of Science and Technology]]. |
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Many film makers have been inspired by OTS, although the information around it is kept highly secret, with only dated projects being revealed and much left it up to interpretation. |
Many film makers have been inspired by OTS, although the information around it is kept highly secret, with only dated projects being revealed and much left it up to interpretation. |
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Revision as of 04:36, 26 July 2022
The Office of Technical Service (OTS; formerly known as the Technical Services Division and Technical Services Staff) is a component of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,[1] responsible for supporting CIA's clandestine operations with gadgets, disguises, forgeries, secret writings, and weapons. In the 1950s and early 1960s it also researched, investigated, and experimented the use of drugs, chemicals, hypnosis, and isolation to extract information during interrogation, as well as to make it easier for American captives to resist interrogation. OTS is part of CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology.
Many film makers have been inspired by OTS, although the information around it is kept highly secret, with only dated projects being revealed and much left it up to interpretation.
See also
- Canadian Caper
- CIA cryptonym
- Project MKULTRA
- United States biological weapons program
- Jonna Mendez
- Allen Dulles
References
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency press release, CIA's Office of Technical Service Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation, September 16, 2011
Further reading
- Wallace, Robert; Melton, H. Keith; Schlesinger, Henry R. (2008). Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda. New York: Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-94980-0. OCLC 182552888.
External links
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