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Vietnam Vets Sue CIA for Secret Drug Experiments on GIs

Jeff Stein writes on SpyTalk:

A Vietnam veterans group is suing the CIA for "thousands of secret experiments to test toxic chemical and biological substances under code names such as MKULTRA," its attorneys said today.

The suit was filed in federal court in northern California on behalf of the Washington-based Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., and six aging veterans with multiple diseases and ailments "tied to a diabolical and secret testing program, whereby U.S. military personnel were deliberately exposed, by government and military agencies, to chemical and biological weapons and other toxins without informed consent," the Morrison & Foerster law firm said in a press release.

The firm said the alleged CIA research program was launched in the early 1950s and continued through at least 1976 at the Edgewood Arsenal and Fort Detrick, Md., as well as universities and hospitals across the country contracted by the CIA.

Defendants include the CIA, the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense and various government officials responsible for these agencies.

posted by Fergie @ 1/07/2009 05:46:00 PM