Project MKNAOMI: The Secret CIA Program That Weaponized Biological Agents

In the early days of the Cold War, the CIA was desperate to find an edge against the Soviet Union. One of the things they turned to was biological warfare.

Project MKNAOMI was a top-secret program that began in 1952 to develop and stockpile biological agents for use in covert operations. The CIA worked with scientists at Fort Detrick, Maryland, to create…