Resources & References
The United States Government has a long and shameful history of covertly using U.S. citizens as unwitting research test subjects:
Tuskegee Syphilis Study – The Tuskegee Syphilis Study involving 400 men ran for 40 years until Peter Buxtun, a Public Health Service investigator, revealed details about the research to the media. The New York Times ran a front page article July 26, 1972.
The study had been defended by the American Medical Association and the CDC as necessary until all 400 research subjects died unnecessarily and were autopsied. See the CDC’s Review and the U.S. Government’s official Response.
MKULTRA – MKULTRA was one of many secret CIA research programs using covert testing on unwitting U.S. Citizens. These secret programs, started in 1953 by Allen Dulles, were first exposed by the New York Times in December, 1974.
This covert research was then moved to private contractors to avoid congressional over site like the Church Committee.
The CIA publicly acknowledged the studies were unethical, unlawful and repugnant to the American people which is why they had to be kept secret. There is no question that these studies have continued.
Current Covert Research – The Washington Post Magazine 1/14/2007 cover story Mind Games says this of former Green Beret senior military adviser John Alexander:
Alexander also is intrigued by the possibility of using electronic means to modify behavior. The dilemma of the war on terrorism, he notes, is that it never ends. So what do you do with enemies, such as those at Guantanamo: keep them there forever? That’s impractical. Behavior modification could be an alternative, he says.
“Maybe I can fix you, or electronically neuter you, so it’s safe to release you into society, so you won’t come back and kill me,” Alexander says. It’s only a matter of time before technology allows that scenario to come true, he continues. “We’re now getting to where we can do that.” He pauses for a moment to take a bite of his sandwich. “Where does that fall in the ethics spectrum? That’s a really tough question.”
It’s a public admission the research I am describing and experiencing is very real.
You may share my skepticism about the entire article which fails to mention the existence of Raytheon’s Silent Guardian systems that have been on sale for many months.
The technology and capabilities to do what I describe exist right now.
