Short sweet and to the point. April 3 2006 Lisa Friedman writes article for LA Papers, VA gives her mis-information claiming they don't think anyone was hurt in Cold War Chemical Tests from 1955 thru 1975. They were stopped while Cheney was Chief of Staff for President Ford, and Donald Rumsfeld was Secretary of Defense in 1975. They had continued the programs that DOD and the CIA were paying for, only stopped them when President Ford ordered a halt to human experimentation.
http://www.presstelegram.com/...
We need KOS'ers to get this story out since the MSM will not tell all of the story, Lisa did not know the right questions to ask, she did publicize our problem, but she was not aware of the amount of dead and disabled men, or the widows left and ignored. We need to get the diary recommended so more people will read it and we need the media publicity to help us. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Nicholson do not want this story out, why? embarssment?
My DAV service officer does not want to make the people upstairs mad, he wants to tie my heart problems in as secondary to PTSD and wants me to forget about the chemical weapons and drug tests at Edgewood 31 years ago, because the VA just does not want to address them, in any way shape or form.
He said he wants to use the KISS method, keep it simple stupid I want to use the base ball bat between their eyes and make them address why I have all these medical problems that are listed in the VA's own manual wrote in October 2003, 28 years after the human subject tests were stopped by President Ford in 1975.The veterans Service Organizations DAV, American Legion etc have done nothing to help these veterans or widows in 31 years, why? When we call them they tell us that none of us were harmed by the tests, that the government claims they were safe. Then why does this report from March 2003 by the Institute of Medicine show that 2098 men are already dead and 2200 are disabled for a 74.43% death and disability rate if the tests were safe? http://www.iom.edu/...
A LA paper ran the article listed below on April 3 2006 about how they are "looking" for the 7120 men and they don't think anyone was hurt by the tests. They were "safe" tests.
Sounds like a few were damaged to me. But then I am not a doctor. These men were on average 65 or younger in FY 2000.
http://www1.va.gov/... VA Manual from Oct 2003 page 14 and 15 talk about Cold War tests
/home.comcast.net~knowlto/places.htm para 7 gives a good synopsis of the program called MK ULTRA
http://www.iom.edu/... The March 2003 IOM report on Sarin exposure based on the 4022 still living veterans of the Edgewood tests look at fine print for %'s
http://www.nap.edu/... this is the DA IG Report of 1975 on human subject tests and violations of Nuremberg Codes of 1947
my favorite found last week online a pic of ME in 1974 at age 18 while at Edgewood, I never knew this pic existed the government has stated that I only listened to a radio while at Edgewood, can anyone name this radio?
http://www.thewhyfiles.net/...
The VA does not even want to talk about any of this why? It happened and they can't change that...... but they have ignored it for 4 years and Congressman and Senators are useless.................
I am in contact with 7 other "test vets" and they all are having the same problem in their VA Regional Offices, they are being ignored or lied to, why? This is happening in every state, not just one or two, these men and their widows are from every state.
Please help us get America to help us, they did in 1975 when the public outcry forced the government to stop the illegal tests, after 31 years it is time for them to get these men medical help and compensate the families. Yes we volunteered, but they lied about what they were using on us, and the safety of them. The old saying never volunteer for anything in the military, this is exactly why..........