On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:03:48 -0500 Ian Goddard <Ian@Goddard.net> writes:
>At 04:37 PM 1/27/99 -0800, Hal wrote:
>
>>It seems to me that this law merely puts restrictions on the way
>testing
>>is done. It does not explicitly authorize human testing, but it
>says
>>that IF human testing is done, it must be done in certain ways. It
>says
>>that the testing must involve certain kinds of notifications and
>certain
>>time limits.
>
> IAN: I see what you're saying, and I think the point
> is that it doesn't say it must or will happen, but
> that it may happen. As it says, once the 30-day
> waiting period is over, "such test or experiment
> may then be conducted." The 30-day notice probably
> allows key local-civilian officials to plan a vacation.
>
> We don't even know, at least I don't know (many
> claim to know), if they ever utilized the system
> defined. They may have been "spraying" rural cities
> every day or no days, but many people claim such.
> I've read claims of spraying years ago, it sounded
> like crazy talk, but now I find it defined in law!
>
> It seems like a classified code that popped its head out
> like the Loch Ness monster, only to slip back underwater.
> It's like a "sighting," and once deleted, few will believe.
>
>
>
>>Repealing the law would therefore repeal the restrictions. There
>would
>>no longer be the requirement of notice within 30 days, or notice to
>>civilian authorities.
>>
>>It's not clear to me that the repeal of this law would make it
>illegal
>>to test chemical or biological agents on humans. There may be other
>>laws which would do that, but the mere act of repealing this would
>would
>>not in itself make such testing illegal.
>
>
> IAN: Ya... good thinking! If so, the repeal acts
> as a distraction, causing the illusion of an end.
>
> I can't say that during the 20 years that law was
> the law of my country that I ever heard about it
> in the major media or in any social commentary.
> I wonder if it was ever discussed in the media.
> I hope there's a "repealed U.S. Code archive."
>
Ron Kean