From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 23:17:45 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: [No joke] The Feds may legally gas us
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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.


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>I just heard about this on Art Bell's program, but this is United States
>Code, Title 50, section 1520. Under the NBC program, our government has
>the 'legal' right to gas us. This ought to be all the proof we need that
>what is "lawful" isn't necessarily.
>
>If we can be gassed, why can't we be disarmed?
>
>There are rights that transcend "law". I'd say LIFE is one, and the need
>for self-defense against tyranny should be clear.
>
>>From the Cornell Law Library:
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>   * UNITED STATES CODE
>        o TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
>             + CHAPTER 32 - CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM
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>§ 1520. Use of human subjects for testing of chemical or biological agents
>by Department of Defense; accounting to Congressional committees with
>respect to experiments and studies; notification of local civilian officials
>
>   * (a) Not later than thirty days after final approval within the
>     Department of Defense of plans for any experiment or study to be
>     conducted by the Department of Defense, whether directly or under
>     contract, involving the use of human subjects for the testing of
>     chemical or biological agents, the Secretary of Defense shall supply
>     the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
>     Representatives with a full accounting of such plans for such
>     experiment or study, and such experiment or study may then be conducted
>     only after the expiration of the thirty-day period beginning on the
>     date such accounting is received by such committees.
>   * (b)
>        o (1) The Secretary of Defense may not conduct any test or
>          experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent
>          on civilian populations unless local civilian officials in the
>          area in which the test or experiment is to be conducted are
>          notified in advance of such test or experiment, and such test or
>          experiment may then be conducted only after the expiration of the
>          thirty-day period beginning on the date of such notification.
>        o (2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to tests and experiments conducted
>          by Department of Defense personnel and tests and experiments
>          conducted on behalf of the Department of Defense by contractors.
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>Jim
>The "Assault Weapons" ban is drive-by legislation. The target: Crime;
>the victimized innocent bystander: the lawfully armed Citizen.
>     ~*~*~ Tyranny Insurance by Colt's Manufacturing Cos. ~*~*~
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