UK officials weaponized human bodies in 1952 biological warfare policy
Service members were exposed to lethal agents under the guise of tests while the government hid its biological weapons program from the public for decades.
By Miriam Adler ·
medical ethics
British Defence Ministry Lacked Staff to Build a Plague
British officials in 1947 struggled to recruit the scientific staff needed to scale a biological catastrophe and exploit the human body as a vulnerability.
By Miriam Adler ·
British High Command Faced Bio-Warfare Staff Shortage in 1947
Hidden dialogues from 1947 leave it unclear which scientists were recruited or what living materials were brought in to satisfy the military's hunger for biological warfare research.
By Miriam Adler ·
Sidney Gottlieb Admitted Patients Were Kept on LSD for 77 Days
Psychiatric patients and prisoners suffered pharmacological assault and state-sponsored coercion while the CIA used secret funding mechanisms to shield its architects and purged key files.
By Miriam Adler ·