This could prove very interesting...

<em>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.<span style="font-style: normal;"> </span>According to the veterans, the experiments, conducted over a 25 year period, included:</em>

<em>·    the use of troops to test nerve gas, psychochemicals, and thousands of other toxic chemical or biological substances, and ... the insertion of septal implants in the brains of subjects in ... mind control experiments that went awry, leaving many civilian and military subjects with permanent disabilities;

·    the failure to secure informed consent and other widespread failures to follow the precepts of U.S. and international law regarding the use of human subjects, including the 1953 Wilson Directive and the Nuremberg Code;

·    a ... refusal by the DoD, the CIA, and the Army to ... locate the victims of their ... experiments or to provide health care or compensation to them;

·    the  destruction by the CIA of evidence and files</em>

<a href="http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2009/01/vietnam-vets-sue-cia-for-secre.html" target="_blank">Full story</a>

via Wired's <a href="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/mkultra-lawsuit.html" target="_blank">Danger Room</a>

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