From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 22:32:25 -0800 (PST)
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: [No joke] The Feds may legally gas us
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Lucky Green wrote:
> At 06:09 PM 12/14/96 +0000, The Deviant wrote:
> >True, but the point still stands -- They can't, legally.

> I am not certain that the chemical weapons prohibitions apply to a
> country's own civilians. IANAL.

This is the point that Janet Reno tried to make in front of Congress,
that the international accords don't apply internally. While it seemed
that some of the representatives or senators were aghast at this, I
don't recall any significant rebuttal to her position.