Frank Olson

As part of this experiment, Olson unwittingly received approximately 70 micrograms of LSD in a glass of Cointreau he drank on November 19, 1953.

In 1953 Dr. Olson, a civilian employee of the Army at Fort Detrick, leaped to his death from a hotel room window in New York City about a week after having unwittingly consumed LSD administered to him as an experiment at a meeting of LSD researchers called by CIA.

Following Dr. Olson's death, the CIA made a substantial effort to ensure that his family received death benefits, but did not notify the Olsons of the circumstances surrounding his demise.

The Agency also made considerable efforts to prevent the death being connected with the CIA

I'm not happy with what seems to be a very casual attitude on the part of TSS representatives to the way this experiment was conducted and the remarks that this is just one of the risks running with scientific experimentation.

at a cabin located at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland

At approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday, November 28, Lashbrook was awakened

failure to do so was culpable

These are not reprimands and no personnel file notation are being made.

Nor did participation in the events which led to Dr. Olson's death have any apparent effect on the advancement within the CIA of the individuals involved.

After the death of Dr. Olson the dangers of the surreptitious administration of LSD were clear, yet the CIA continued or initiated

he jumped from a tenth floor window of his room

In a settlement authorized by Congress, the Olson family received $750,000 in exchange for dropping their legal claims.

Now questioning the CIA story once again, Plaintiffs exhumed Dr. Olson’s body in 1994.

An autopsy revealed a hematoma on Olson’s temple, resulting (according to a forensic scientist) from a blow to the head before the fall

eventually changing the cause of death from “suicide” to “unknown” after a long investigation

the public record supports many of the allegations that follow, farfetched as they may sound

In this suit, the scientist’s sons sue the United States for negligently supervising the CIA employees who carried out the murder and subsequent cover-up.