Judge Warns Rumsfeld In Anthrax Case

[TacticalPeek]

Judge Warns Rumsfeld In Anthrax Case
United Press International
February 16, 2005

WASHINGTON - A judge in Washington has warned Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld he could face contempt for ignoring a ruling on Pentagon anthrax vaccinations.

In October, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan largely struck down the U.S. military's involuntary vaccinations for weaponized anthrax.

The judge said the program could not be administered unless individual service members give "informed consent" to the vaccinations, President Bush issues a specific waiver or the Food And Drug Administration properly classifies a drug for use in the program.

A 1999 executive order by then President Bill Clinton required "informed consent" before administering the vaccine.

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http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_anthrax_021605,00.html

[Supersedeas]

1. does this Admin have a complete disregard for the judiciary or what?

[HereSince1628]

2. Complete disregard? No just a flawed mailing list

apparently that Judge got left off the list. They'll fix that by next week.

[hickman1937]

10. I don't think this Judge is on the WH payroll.

Either they'll fix that, or if he's actually honest, they'll have him removed. Bet me.

[Just Me]

3. The neoCONspirators are in contempt of the Constitution, "the people",...

,...our "democracy", our "freedom" (to make informed decisions about whether or not we support our leadership's plans for here and abroad), etc.

The neoCONspirators are in contempt of their own country!!!

[indepat]

7. The neocons have another type of government and country in mind and

are implementing it one step at a time day by day. And the people clamor for four more years in numbers too large to fathom.

[Guckert]

4. Rule of Law party, My A$$. only the ones they agree with!!!

[jmcgowanjm]

5. Hell, I thought this was about Ft Detrick

For a laugh read this:

http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/resource/qna/qaAll.asp?cID=97

Then read this:

Former Army scientists say the anthrax strain used to
make weapons was
replaced at least once, and possibly three times, with
more potent anthrax that had grown in the workers'
bodies.

http://www.freefromterror.net/

Who you gonna believe-me, or your own lyin' eyes.

Anthrax Matches Army Spores
Bioterror: Organisms made at a military laboratory in Utah
are genetically identical to those mailed to members
of Congress.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1212-01.htm

Finally questions for when the Revolution has
occurred and justice is being meted out.

http://www.freefromterror.net/other_articles/questions.html

[rodeodance]

8. thanks for the additional posts

[meganmonkey]

6. And isn't this the vaccine that is suspected to cause Gulf War Syndrome

and have way more side effects than they like to admit

--snip
Anthrax Vaccine

Anthrax vaccination of soldiers has produced reports of severe side effects, such as bleeding and thyroid malfunction, and has been linked to six deaths.

Just what degree of risk there is from the vaccine, however, is unclear. Many medical authorities say it is safe, but some doctors have suggested it could be one of the causes of the mysterious Gulf War syndrome, which some troops sent to the Persian Gulf in the early 1990s have said they suffer from.

Fear of the vaccine is perhaps greater than fear of anthrax. As many as 400 members of the U.S. military have been court-martialed or have resigned rather than submit to the vaccination because of the perceived risks. Some physicians share their misgivings.

--snip--
The vaccine is produced by only one manufacturer, BioPort Corp. of Lansing, Mich., and the technology is nearly 40 years old. Although the company is currently producing the vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration will not allow it to be shipped because of various deficiencies in quality control and manufacturing at the plant.

--snip--

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/vaccinationproblems.html

[struggle4progress]

9. kick