[and] adaptation and testing of a dart device for clandestine and imperceptible inoculation with biological warfare or chemical warfare agents,-- The only application of this [shellfish] toxin was in the U-2 flight over the U.S.S.R in May 1960 [Gary Powers flight],-- Various dissemination devices, such as a fountain pen dart launcher and an engine head bolt designed to release a substance when heated [were developed],-- A large amount of Agency attention was given to the problem of incapacitating guard dogs,-- Work was also done on temporary human incapacitation techniques . . . However, despite this presidential order, a CIA scientist was able to acquire an estimated 11 grams of deadly shellfish toxin from SOC personnel at Fort Detrick. . consisted of . ".Part of a program named MK Naomi, established for conducting and managing bacteriological warfare, the poison dart gun was just one of many experiments by the agency, which also included pesticides to ravage crops and on one occasion, using the NYC subway to test out a "trial model" of a biological warfare attack.On Sep. 16, 1975, then CIA Director William Colby testified before the committee, which also included Senators Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), John Tower (R-TX), Walter Mondale (D-MN), Gary Hart (D-CO), Howard Baker (R-TN), Philip Hart (D-MI), Charles Mathias (R-MD), Walter Huddleston (D-KY), Richard Schweiker (R-PN) and Robert Morgan (D-NC).The director gave remarkable testimony regarding the development of "toxic agents" at a laboratory at Fort Detrick, MD. I do not know of any actual use.
to incapacitate captives before they could render themselves incapable of talking, or . -- The specific subject today concerns CIA's involvement in the development of bacteriological warfare materials . . . .
that the effort not only involved designing a gun . . . enter the target without perception.
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However, the ultimate source of STX is often still uncertain. . Science Digest, 44-50, April 1971.Scheflin, A.W., & Opton, E.M.
Recent research shows the detection of STX in the skin, The toxin is undetectable by sight or smell and is heat-stable, which means that even a pan-seared toxic mussel is still a toxic mussel. It would then quickly melt and the poison would do its work, leaving the victim dead of an apparent heart attack, with no detectable evidence of the poison remaining.The weapon was revealed as part of a broader Senate investigation into intelligence and covert action abuses by the Agency. -- The only application of this [shellfish] toxin was in the U-2 flight over the U.S.S.R in May 1960 [Gary Powers flight] -- Various dissemination devices, such as a fountain pen dart launcher and an engine head bolt designed to release a substance when heated [were developed] . assessment and maintenance of biological and chemical dissemination systems . it fires silently?The Chairman: And the dart itself, when it strikes the target, does the target know?Mr. The dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense is the source of STX found in Florida. YBc4Du�H�R%����θ6J��A[���5���jV} Transfer of CIA's Stock of Shellfish Toxin to the NIH The National Institute of Health of HEW will be sending a letter to.
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