Lawmakers agree to keep Pentagons chemical weapons tests on US troops secret
WASHINGTON — Details about Pentagon biological and chemical weapons tests involving military personnel during the 1960s and 1970s — some involving lethal nerve agents — have long been kept secret. Thursday, the House agreed to keep things that way.
“It’s shameful,” said Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., of the decision. He led a bipartisan effort to get a House vote demanding that the details be disclosed.
He couldn’t even get that vote. He wanted it as an addition to a sweeping defense policy bill the House is considering this week.
The House Rules Committee, which decides what gets considered on the House floor, approved votes on 210 amendments to the defense bill. It rejected 230. Thompson’s proposal was one of the losers.
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