Citing alleged dangers to US Department of Defense research programs and employees, the United States Marine Corps is insisting that the Sunshine Project remove three US government documents from its website. The situation pits a small non-profit organization that seeks to uphold arms control treaties against the US Department of Defense, which wishes to keep its research on chemical weapons secret.
The documents in question all concern US Army research on antipersonnel “non-lethal” chemical weapons. Items discussed in the documents include the Advanced Riot Control Agent Device (ARCAD) program and the use of synthetic opiates (e.g. fentanyl), tranquilizers (normally used to sedate wild animals), and other drugs as antipersonnel weapons.
The Sunshine Project has established a web page where it will post developments in this case. The web page contains the Marine Corps letter to the Sunshine Project and the Project's response, including recent letters from the US Army denying access to other, secret, documents on US research on “non-lethal” chemical and biological weapons.
Because the US Marine Corps alleges that the presence of the documents on the Sunshine Project website physically endangers US Department of Defense employees, the Sunshine Project has temporarily removed the documents from its website and requested that the US Marine Corps send more information about its assertions.
The URL for information about this case is:
http://www.sunshine-project.org/incapacitants/usmccensor.html
Sunshine Project http://www.sunshine-project.org
The documents in question all concern US Army research on antipersonnel “non-lethal” chemical weapons. Items discussed in the documents include the Advanced Riot Control Agent Device (ARCAD) program and the use of synthetic opiates (e.g. fentanyl), tranquilizers (normally used to sedate wild animals), and other drugs as antipersonnel weapons.
The Sunshine Project has established a web page where it will post developments in this case. The web page contains the Marine Corps letter to the Sunshine Project and the Project's response, including recent letters from the US Army denying access to other, secret, documents on US research on “non-lethal” chemical and biological weapons.
Because the US Marine Corps alleges that the presence of the documents on the Sunshine Project website physically endangers US Department of Defense employees, the Sunshine Project has temporarily removed the documents from its website and requested that the US Marine Corps send more information about its assertions.
The URL for information about this case is:
http://www.sunshine-project.org/incapacitants/usmccensor.html
Sunshine Project http://www.sunshine-project.org