Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Monday, August 22, 2011

CIA Disputes Secrecy Oaths in Drug Experimentation Case

"This record makes clear that plaintiffs have never seriously pursued their 'secrecy oath' claim against the CIA," Justice Department attorney Kimberly Herb wrote for the CIA. "Due to the absence of allegations concerning the CIA with regard to this sole remaining claim and plaintiffs' own admissions that they do not have specific facts to support it, the CIA has repeatedly asked plaintiffs to voluntarily withdraw the claim."


The desperation with which the CIA is fighting its disclosure obligations is a measure of how bad Project Paperclip really was.

Anyone still laboring under the delusion that the US government operates on behalf of the American people, or even feels some responsibility toward us, will find liberation in researching the history of American intelligence. It is not a pretty story.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/19/39136.htm