The following is from 4.19 The Magic Bullet:
TED: “Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’ve still got the implants in my head. The CIA is still listening in. It just doesn’t bother me anymore. Instead, I beam Jasmine’s love up to their satellite, you know. Share the love with those MK-ULTRA bastards.”
Project MKULTRA, or MK-ULTRA, was the code name for a CIA mind-control research program that began in 1950. There is much published evidence that the project involved the use of many types of drugs to manipulate peoples’ mental states and to alter brain function.
The project’s intentionally oblique CIA cryptonym is made up of the digraph MK, meaning that the project was sponsored by the agency’s Technical Services Division, followed by the arbitrary dictionary word ULTRA.
Project MK-ULTRA was first brought to wide public attention by the U.S. Congress (in the form of the Church Committee) and a presidential commission (known as the Rockefeller Commission) and also to the U.S. Senate.
Although the CIA insists that MKULTRA-type experiments have been abandoned, 14-year CIA veteran Victor Marchetti has stated in various interviews that the CIA routinely conducts disinformation campaigns and that CIA mind control research continued. In a 1977 interview, Marchetti specifically called the CIA claim that MKULTRA was abandoned a ‘cover story.’
Within the DVD commentary, it’s explained that a strong reason for Patrick Fischler being hired as Ted was due to him pronouncing MK-ULTRA correctly during his audition.
Related episodes: 4.19 The Magic Bullet
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Mel on November 14th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Patrick Fischler who played Ted in that episode just appeared in Bones with David Boreanaz.
Meghann on November 15th, 2007 at 4:03 am
Mel: I posted it in the Bones comment section last night. It’s showing that it is awaiting moderation. Hmmm? :\
Mel on November 15th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I had already edited the comment yesterday Meghann to add the info and that is why it is awaiting moderation.
Jess on November 15th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
It’s moderation-free now - sorry about that!
Mel on November 15th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
There was me thinking I had worked out how to do it Jess…LOL