Harold Blauer
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Harold Blauer was an American tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player who died as a result of injections of 450 mg 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine
3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine
3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine , also known as tenamfetamine , is a psychedelic and entactogenic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes...

 (code-named EA-1298) as part of Project MKULTRA
Project MKULTRA
Project MKULTRA, or MK-ULTRA, was the code name for a covert, illegal CIA human experimentation program, run by the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence. This official U.S. government program began in the early 1950s, continued at least through the late 1960s, and used U.S...

, a covert CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...

 mind-control and chemical interrogation
Truth drug
A truth drug or truth serum is a psychoactive medication used to obtain information from subjects who are unable or unwilling to provide it otherwise. The unethical use of truth drugs is classified as a form of torture according to international law. However, they are properly and productively...

 research program, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology
The Directorate of Science and Technology is the branch of the United States Central Intelligence Agency charged with developing and applying technology to advance the United States intelligence gathering.-Origins:...

.

Tennis

Blauer lost in the round of sixteen of the 1935 United States Professional Tennis Tournament 3-6, 3-6, 3-6 to tennis legend (and eventual tournament champion) Bill Tilden
Bill Tilden
William Tatem Tilden II , nicknamed "Big Bill," is often considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. An American tennis player who was the World No. 1 player for seven years, he won 14 Majors including ten Grand Slams and four Pro Slams. Bill Tilden dominated the world of...

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Death

Blauer had no knowledge of the experiment being performed on him, and after his death the experiment was covered up by the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, the U.S. government and the CIA for 22 years.
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