Vietnam Veterans Want CIA Sanctioned
MARIA DINZEO - August 27, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The Vietnam Veterans of America asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on the Central Intelligence Agency, for failing to produce documents on the CIA’s testing of hundreds of kinds of drugs - including sarin and phosgene nerve gas and LSD - on thousands of soldiers.
The Vietnam Veterans of America sued the CIA in January 2009, claiming the agency had experimented on soldiers at Edgewood Arsenal and Fort Detrick, Md., testing the effects of mind-controlling drugs.
The VVA says soldiers were treated “in the same capacity as laboratory rats or guinea pigs.” The underlying federal complaint claims that at least 7,800 soldiers were subjected to “at least 250, but as many as 400 chemical and biological agents.”
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September 5th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
I recently had to cover a Veterans Salute in Kentucky for the newspaper I write for and, I’ve got to say, it puts a human face on this story.
For four days, I interviewed guys who had all sorts of health problems related to their tour in Vietnam. Three had been exposed to Agent Orange, the defoliate employed in Vietnam. It has since been revealed that Robert McNamara (deceased former Secretary of Defense and alleged member of the thoroughly antichristic Lucis Trust) knew about Agent Orange’s high level of toxicity and concealed that fact from our Armed Services and the American public.
One of the individuals I interviewed who had been exposed to Agent Orange had diabetes that required a constant, vigilant watch over his blood sugar. Another of the interviewees was a prostate cancer survivor. The third gentleman had a number of health issues. All three attributed their problems to Agent Orange exposure.
When the individuals turned to the Armed Services to get treatment for their conditions, they found themselves in endless legal battles. In the face of overwhelming evidence and the informed opinions of doctors who had seen these men, the government and the military still balked.
My time with these guys helps me contextualize Dinzeo’s article. If factions of the government were willing to expose American servicemen to something high toxic like Agent Orange, they would almost certainly expose American soldiers to sarin, phosgene nerve gas, and LSD.
Is there any reason why today we have organizations like the DAV, VFW, VVA, and American Legion? As long as there are those who look upon soldiers as, to borrow from the VVA, “laboratory rats or guinea pigs,” veterans will need veterans organizations to act as advocates.
Another question this article forces us to consider: how long until veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan begin exhibiting the symptoms of serious health problems?
Food for thought and further research.
Thanks for sharing the great article, Terry.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Thanks Paul. Maybe you should try and contact the Vietnam Veterans of America for an article at the paper.