From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 07:21:40 -0800 (PST)
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: [No joke] The Feds may legally gas us
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19961213231550.00698d18@netcom14.netcom.com>
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On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Lucky Green wrote:

> Folks,
> Did you know that the Feds may legally test chemical and biological weapons
> on the civilian population as long as they give 30 days advance notice to
> the local bigwigs (so they can get themselves and their families out of the
> danger zone)?
> 
> This is not a joke. It is in the United States Code.
> 

No, they can't.  Development, testing, and use of Biological weapons is
banned by the Geneva conventions (among others).  International treaty
outweighs USC.

 --Deviant
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