Hidden history of US germ testing

Fifty years ago, American scientists were in a frantic race to counter what they saw as the Soviet threat from germ warfare. Biological pathogens they developed were tested on volunteers from a pacifist church and were also released in public places.

We also tested on our own people without their knowledge, just as we did when developing chemical mind control techniques using LSD and other methods. Even if one considers that it was important to conduct tests like these on volunteers, doing so on people completely unaware of their participation as guinea pigs, is certainly a crime.

I like to post "old news" like this specifically to show the long history of behavior that demonstrates to the uninformed "true believers" who insist our government can do no wrong, or only acts in our best interest, are simply delusional. The pattern spans both major political parties so it's useless to dream that it's only the "other" party that's to blame for any of our problems. The patterns are an integral part of the whole bureaucratic institution of government, not simply limited to whoever controls the Whitehouse at any given moment in time. These patterns expose the fact that even when revealed to the public, and steps are said to be taken to prevent further illegal and/or immoral acts, those acts are continued, and it's the prevention of their revelation that's really acted upon.

The pattern continues today, in the exposure of civilians and our own troops to the effects of depleted uranium weapons, in the same way that was done with atomic weapons testing in the 50s and 60s.

The fact is, that no government can or ever should, be trusted. Governments inevitably develop their own agendas, separate from the needs and welfare of their own people. Governments should never be given blind faith, because it makes it that much easier to abuse you, and get away with it.