Yes, and he underwent said abuse at Harvard by a doctor named Henry Murray who was apart of the division that created MKUltra/MKSEARCH and who had previously administered LSD to unwitting patients.
Lets get real, when your goal is complete ego control, all forms of mindfucking are on the table.
Also, almost all of the MK Ultra files were destroyed. So what people know is residual and stories from guilt ridden scientists and abused people.
Not to mention the political advantage of framing your opponents base as having poor judgment or lacking discernment by producing fake stories you know they are more likely to read, share and believe than your own base.
Politics today is far more deceptive because the speed of delivery and feedback for communications allows it to be.
Only going to get worse unless a new platform/network/protocol is created for the future of "trustless" news and publications.
Bureaucracies which create disassociation from accountability are necessarily evil.
So yeah, I'd imagine you're correct.