The Dirty Tricks Department

CIA Whistleblower: “The Shadow Government Is Real” - John Kiriakou - #1160

Modern Wisdom, 8 October 2026. The book comes up at 49 min 44 sec in.

John Lyle is introduced as a researcher based in Austin who does deep archival work at the National Archives and has written two books on MKUltra. Content from 'The Dirty Tricks Department' is then discussed: it describes a World War II Allied plot to inject Hitler's food supply with female sex hormones—administered through his vegetables by a recruited gardener—in hopes that hormonal changes would cause him to lose his grip on power.

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