CIA weighed use of potent poison explored by probes
Washington Senate intelligence committee evidence indicates the CIA considered operational use of a shellfish poison found in its lab. Sources say the poison was stored in the CIA technical services division in 1970 under Dr Sidney Gottlieb, with discussions of deaths and aggressive actions by agents.
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CIA kept deadly toxins past Nixon order study
Senate investigators plan closed sessions with Gottlieb to learn how the CIA resisted the 1969 order to destroy lethal agents. Yale pharmacologist Murdoch Ritchie urged preserving saxotoxin from shellfish for medical research, noting its potential against nervous system diseases and comparing it to other poisons.
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Ex Saigon police chief selling booze
Bakersfield news notes that a former Saigon police chief, Tuan, who relocated to Bakersfield after processing at Camp Pendleton, is operating a store that sells alcohol. The detail appears in Wednesday reports from the UPD.
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White House delivers secret reports to House panel
The White House turned over about 100pages of classified intelligence bulletins to the House Intelligence Committee in response to subpoenas on the 1973 Middle East War and Turkey's invasion of Cyprus. Chairman Pike said hearings would begin on U.S. intelligence assessments for those events and for the Tet offensive and the Portugal coup, with some documents kept secret and declassification sought.
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