[No joke] The Feds may legally gas us

Dale Thorn dthorn at gte.net
Sat Dec 14 09:56:44 PST 1996


The Deviant wrote:
> 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.

They can't, but they do. The gas used at Waco was banned internationally,
but Janet Reno justified it, and she just got rehired.







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