THE PULSE OF THE PUBLIC: CIA RECEIVES LSD AND A FRISBEE IN THE MAIL, AND WORDS OF SUPPORT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06505867
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2020
• Case Number: F-2016-00691

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Approved for Release: 2020/08/03 C06505867
(U) The Pulse of the Public: CIA Receives LSD and a Frisbee in the Mail, and Words of
Support
The Office of Public Affairs receives thousands of phone calls, &nails, faxes, letters, and packages on a weekly basis
from the American, and occasionally internatonal, public The submissions vary in topic, including suggested guidance on
actons CIA should take regarding world events, positve feedback, future employment applicatons from elementary
school children, and on the rare occasion, illicit drugs
CPA regularly receives positve feedback from the public...
...from apprecialthe citzens...
"The American people love you guys I don't mind paying taxes for services that you guys do to keep America safer Keep
up the good work.!!
...to others who want a new lobo.
"It took me three clicks to submit my interest in serving with your agency utlizing this simple contact form My current lob is
boring! I work with too many idiots, and I'm Mill single which enables me to be mobile.!!
...to retred police officers who want CIA to keep up the good fight...
"I want to thank you for everything you do for our country. I am a 59 year old retred cop I know its hard to keep looking
forward when the sharks are being your ass Carry on the good fight tad we win If there was anything I could do for you I
would God bless you and take care Remember two things Luck follows those best prepared, Its ok to look back, lust
don't stare.
CPA also receives, to a lesser extent, postal mail, allot which is processed by
0 February, CPA received a letter with a white powder in a sealed plastc bag Office of Securityl
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Unarmed the powder was a variant of the illicit drug LSD
The day before, CPA received a package with a Frisbee inside
Other letters are from young children who cannot wait to work for the Agency
"I am a straightA student and have been training for CIAforever. This might surprise you, but I would never kill a man I am
honest and helpful When things go bad! I get good, at least that is what I think I know I will have to take risks, but its
worth it I can't wait to help out!!
"I hope you'll accept me when I am older, (I am 8 now), in a few years You should be countrig down, because when I am
22 I am coming to work atAgency headquarters!
And! CPA receives plenty of head-scratching calls
"I believe there is a large natonwide group of people who know how to use chemicals to make you sleep, to keep you
awake, to change the texture of hair and skin They know how to implant tracking and recording devices under the skin
and the eyes... " (This erode is UNCLASSIFIED.)
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