-Caveat Lector- Kenn Thomas, editor of conspiracy magazine Steamshovel Press, casts a critical eye over some of the theories surrounding the origins of AIDS... AIDS: CIA Monkey Business Fortean Times 05:40 10-Apr-01 http://www.forteantimes.com/artic/91/aids.html The conspiracy continuum holds at least three unconventional views of AIDS: it's a biological experiment that escaped the lab; it's a population-specific biological weapon designed to wipe out homosexuals that got out of control; and that the disease does not exist at all. The last view, most recently put forth by an MD named Peter Duesberg, holds that any number of previously known immuno-suppressive diseases have been reclassified under the AIDS banner, thus creating the illusion of an AIDS epidemic. This view gained some credibility recently among the conspiracy-minded when a contract dispute between Duesberg and co-author Bryan Ellison interrupted publication of their book, entitled Why We Will Never Win the War on AIDS, a court decision that was characterized in some circles as a book-banning in the US. The US Congressional record remains the best source for the first two speculations and is referred to often by AIDS conspiracy researchers. Testimony before the US House of Representatives on Defense Appropriations in 1969, from an applied defense research expert named Donald MacArthur, noted that "within the next 5 to 10 years, it would probably be possible to make a new infective micro-organism which could differ in certain important aspects from any known disease- causing organisms. Most important of these is that it might be refactory to the immunological and therapeutic processes upon which we depend to maintain our relative freedom from infectious disease." Dr. MacArthur assured the committee of the strong interest the US defense establishment had in this. Author G. J. Krupey notes that MacArthur's testimony also rationalizes the ethics of such an interest "in typical and time-tested Cold War fashion" and asks "is it not possible that the research was already being conducted prior to the 1969 hearings, that the whole procedure was merely rubberstamping after the fact?" You can read the rest of Kenn's article in Fortean Times 91. ============================================== SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html ============================================== *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to SPYNEWS eGroup members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ---------------------------------------------- To subscribe SPYNEWS send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your subscription mode to Daily Digest (one message a day) send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe SPYNEWS send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mario Profaca, independent journalist, SPY NEWS eGroup list owner, editor & moderator, is a member of of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, an initiative administered through the offices of the Project for Excellence in Journalism in Washington, D.C. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SPY NEWS home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spynews Spy books, handbooks and manuals: http://mprofaca.cro.net/manuals.html ============================================= Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
