Time: Wed Dec 17 13:12:29 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: GWS: "The Rockefeller Report" EEEEE GAAAAADS!!!! Cc: Bcc: psroufe@ibm.net References: I fail to see how anybody can read these conclusions, and not come away totally convinced that our front-line military personnel are now under biological attack ... ... from within their own organizations, and by their own government!! Please, SOMEBODY, prove me wrong about this!! /s/ Paul Mitchell, Candidate for Congress http://supremelaw.com "The Rockefeller Report" is now at: http://www.gulfweb.org/bigdoc/rockrep.cfm Finding "A": For at least 50 years, DOD has knowingly exposed military personnel to potentially dangerous substances, often in secret. Finding "B": DOD has repeatedly failed to comply with required ethical standards when using human subjects in military research during war or threat of war. Finding "C": DOD incorrectly claims that since their goal was treatment, the use of investigational drugs in the Persian Gulf War was not research. Finding "D": DOD used investigational drugs in the Persian Gulf War in ways that were not effective. Finding "E": DOD did not know whether pyridostigmine bromide would be safe for use by U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf War. Finding "F": When U.S. troops were sent to the Persian Gulf in 1994, DOD still did not have proof that pyridostigmine bromide was safe for use as an antidote enhancer. Finding "G": Pyridostigmine may be more dangerous in combination with pesticides or other exposures. Finding "H": The safety of the botulism vaccine was not established prior to the Persian Gulf War and remains uncertain. Finding "I": Records of anthrax vaccine are not suitable to evaluate safety. Finding "J": Army regulations exempt informed consent for volunteers in some types of military studies. Finding "K": DOD and DVA have repeatedly failed to provide information and medical follow-up to those who participate in military research or are ordered to take investigational drugs. Finding "L": The federal government has failed to support scientific studies that provide information about reproductive problems experienced by veterans who were intentionally exposed to potentially dangerous substances. Finding "M": The federal government has also failed to support scientific studies that provide timely information for compensation decisions regarding military personnel who were harmed by various exposures. Finding "N": Participation in military research is rarely included in military medical records, making it impossible to support a veteran's claim for service-connected disabilities from military research. Finding "O": DOD has demonstrated a pattern of misrepresenting the danger of various military exposures that continues today. /s/ Paul Mitchell, Candidate for Congress http://supremelaw.com
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