Office of Technical Service
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 with 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.
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Coordinates: 38°57′06″N 77°08′48″W / 38.95167°N 77.14667°W
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