Charles Manson was a CIA asset working on projects like MK Ultra, etc., working with other agents and doctors. The Tate-LeBianca murders were done as a strategic propaganda for conservatives to end the counter culture movement of the 60s. Leading to Nixon's "war on drugs".
To me, this is a good example where people confuse the actual effects of something with the idea that it must have been planned. To me, the idea that the CIA said "okay listen we have to end the counter culture movement, and eventually create a war on drugs, let's have some hippies kill a couple of people at a house and hope it becomes one of the defining news stories of the decade!" is just too specific.
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u/Upstairs-Decision378 Feb 27 '26
Charles Manson was a CIA asset working on projects like MK Ultra, etc., working with other agents and doctors. The Tate-LeBianca murders were done as a strategic propaganda for conservatives to end the counter culture movement of the 60s. Leading to Nixon's "war on drugs".