Episode 993 • • 22:07 - 26:20
993: Let Them Speak #1
Soviet Union Negotiations and Human Rights Commoditization
While working for the National Institute of Mental Health, Pieczenik traveled to the Soviet Union to negotiate the release of political dissidents. He describes how the KGB used the fake diagnosis of "sluggish schizophrenia" to incarcerate Christians and activists. Pieczenik claims he successfully "commoditized" these prisoners by trading Wang computers for their release.