We're from the govt., and we're here to help you

[Guest guest]

MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen Welsome

uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with plutonium

in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government

scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in

the " Albuquerque Tribune " and received the Pulitzer Prize for her

work. It took another six years for her to complete her book

called " The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical Experiments in

the Cold War. " She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen Welsome,

thanks for joining us.

EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.

AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that

we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare opportunity

to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even get a

clue that this was going on?

EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I was a

reporter at the " Albuquerque Tribune " and I was doing some research

on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup work. I

noticed that in the document there were several radioactive animal

dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of

animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went

over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what was then

called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got out a

big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal

studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and it was

horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them

develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the radiation

sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for me. These

were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't

something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it was

about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like I had

gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make my time

look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye fell on

a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18 humans who

had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my

seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government had

injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I could from

the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to the

university library there and started hunting up reports about these

scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I looked

at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of financial

reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a company wants

to put in the bad news, it's always in a footnote. So that taught me

to look at footnotes.

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[Guest guest]

this really made me ill. I hate reading about human and animal research-just terrible, terrible. God Bless the USA(USA)trophyfish2 <gus@...> wrote: MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen Welsome uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with plutonium in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in the "Albuquerque Tribune" and received the Pulitzer Prize for her work. It took

another six years for her to complete her book called "The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War." She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen Welsome, thanks for joining us.EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare opportunity to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even get a clue that this was going on?EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I was a reporter at the "Albuquerque Tribune" and I was doing some research on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup work. I noticed that in the document there were several radioactive animal dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went over to the

air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what was then called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got out a big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and it was horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the radiation sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for me. These were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it was about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like I had gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make my time look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye fell on a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18 humans who had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my

seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government had injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I could from the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to the university library there and started hunting up reports about these scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I looked at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of financial reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a company wants to put in the bad news, it's always in a footnote. So that taught me to look at footnotes.http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s

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AMY GOODMAN: I want to thank you very much for being with us. What

was the biggest revelation for you in this research and looking at

the Plutonium Files?

EILEEN WELSOME: The biggest revelation for me was to see how cruel

and inhuman these very educated doctors were toward their patients.

AMY GOODMAN: And not telling them?

EILEEN WELSOME: And not telling them.

AMY GOODMAN: And the medical establishment today, is it backing them

up?

EILEEN WELSOME: They were when I was doing my research on this book.

They still defended these experiments as being important.

> MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter

Eileen Welsome

> uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with plutonium

> in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government

> scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in

> the " Albuquerque Tribune " and received the Pulitzer Prize for her

> work. It took another six years for her to complete her book

> called " The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical Experiments

in

> the Cold War. " She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen

Welsome,

> thanks for joining us.

>

> EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.

>

> AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that

> we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare

opportunity

> to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even get

a

> clue that this was going on?

>

> EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I was a

> reporter at the " Albuquerque Tribune " and I was doing some research

> on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup work.

I

> noticed that in the document there were several radioactive animal

> dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of

> animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went

> over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what was

then

> called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got out a

> big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal

> studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and it was

> horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them

> develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the radiation

> sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for me.

These

> were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't

> something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it was

> about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like I had

> gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make my

time

> look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye fell

on

> a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18 humans who

> had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my

> seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government had

> injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I could

from

> the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to the

> university library there and started hunting up reports about these

> scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I looked

> at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of

financial

> reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a company

wants

> to put in the bad news, it's always in a footnote. So that taught

me

> to look at footnotes.

>

> http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s

>

>

>

>

>

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whenever I see that I always think

WHY SHOULD God bless the USA? especially after all it has done!!!

Ange

Re: We're from the govt., and we're here to help you

this really made me ill. I hate reading about human and animal research-just terrible, terrible.

God Bless the USA(USA)trophyfish2 <gusindedge> wrote:

MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen Welsome uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with plutonium in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in the "Albuquerque Tribune" and received the Pulitzer Prize for her work. It took another six years for her to complete her book called "The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War." She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen Welsome, thanks for joining us.EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare opportunity to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even get a clue that this was going on?EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I was a reporter at the "Albuquerque Tribune" and I was doing some research on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup work. I noticed that in the document there were several radioactive animal dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what was then called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got out a big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and it was horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the radiation sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for me. These were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it was about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like I had gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make my time look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye fell on a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18 humans who had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government had injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I could from the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to the university library there and started hunting up reports about these scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I looked at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of financial reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a company wants to put in the bad news, it's always in a footnote. So that taught me to look at footnotes.http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s

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[Guest guest]

>

> whenever I see that I always think

> WHY SHOULD God bless the USA? especially after all it has done!!!

> Ange

Because for all its faults, its the best county in the world to live

-- but such debate is not the purpose of this list.

Lenny

[Guest guest]

That is a just awful attitude and sounds like the typical blame and hate America

crowd.

GOD BLESS THE USA BECAUSE OF ALL IT HAS DONE!!!!!

Remember folks like Burton, Geier and Haley would be executed in any of the

socialist

countries for speaking out. We STILL lead the world in innovation and are the

most

generous country in the world. It seems to me that most of the science on

autism comes

from the USA. We have saved the world from huge problems on many occasions. We

have

our big shortcomings, but, move to Canada, Mexico or any other european

socialist or 3rd

world hell hole if you think it is better.

GOD BLESS THE USA!

> MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen Welsome

> uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with plutonium

> in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government

> scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in

> the " Albuquerque Tribune " and received the Pulitzer Prize for her

> work. It took another six years for her to complete her book

> called " The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical Experiments in

> the Cold War. " She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen Welsome,

> thanks for joining us.

>

> EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.

>

> AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that

> we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare opportunity

> to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even get a

> clue that this was going on?

>

> EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I was a

> reporter at the " Albuquerque Tribune " and I was doing some research

> on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup work. I

> noticed that in the document there were several radioactive animal

> dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of

> animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went

> over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what was then

> called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got out a

> big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal

> studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and it was

> horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them

> develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the radiation

> sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for me. These

> were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't

> something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it was

> about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like I had

> gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make my time

> look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye fell on

> a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18 humans who

> had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my

> seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government had

> injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I could from

> the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to the

> university library there and started hunting up reports about these

> scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I looked

> at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of financial

> reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a company wants

> to put in the bad news, it's always in a footnote. So that taught me

> to look at footnotes.

>

> http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s

>

>

>

>

>

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actually i do think Canada is better - in certain respects - but you

do make some valid points and I do love the USA (except for the

idiot(s) in charge) and yes you guys are leading the pack in the

autism charge - for that I (way up here in the frozen north) will be

always grateful.

we all have our strengths and our problems - you folks are

particularly good at not taking crap, and for kicking a$$ - very

impressive but only when use your powers wisely <g>.

my wife - she has dual citizenship - so she gets to complain about

both sides of the border ;-)

me - I think Ange's comments are based on frustration - i read the

words not as " it's better elsewhere " but more like " it should / must

get better here " - the " if you don't like it then leave " argument in

that case is just non-productive - but likely also spoken out of

frustration. on either side of the border, or elsewhere, we're all

still in the same boat.

> > MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen

Welsome

> > uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with

plutonium

> > in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government

> > scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in

> > the " Albuquerque Tribune " and received the Pulitzer Prize for her

> > work. It took another six years for her to complete her book

> > called " The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical

Experiments in

> > the Cold War. " She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen

Welsome,

> > thanks for joining us.

> >

> > EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.

> >

> > AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that

> > we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare

opportunity

> > to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even

get a

> > clue that this was going on?

> >

> > EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I

was a

> > reporter at the " Albuquerque Tribune " and I was doing some

research

> > on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup

work. I

> > noticed that in the document there were several radioactive

animal

> > dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of

> > animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went

> > over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what

was then

> > called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got

out a

> > big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal

> > studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and

it was

> > horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them

> > develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the

radiation

> > sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for

me. These

> > were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't

> > something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it

was

> > about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like

I had

> > gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make

my time

> > look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye

fell on

> > a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18

humans who

> > had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my

> > seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government

had

> > injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I

could from

> > the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to

the

> > university library there and started hunting up reports about

these

> > scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I

looked

> > at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of

financial

> > reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a

company wants

> > to put in the bad news, it's always in a footnote. So that

taught me

> > to look at footnotes.

> >

> > http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Please explain the shortcomings of the Canadian health care system

and how thousands come to the USA for health care. Universal care leads to

rationing, which leads to less choice, less quality, less innovation and less

competition.

Our system in the USA is a mess, but, it is still somewhat of a market based

system which

makes it a more effective and efficient model than the european and Canadian

models. A

universal " Hillary Type " health care system would totally cripple our economic

engine, as

imperfect as it is.

Words mean things and our country is made up of millions of great people who

have

helped billions of people around the world. When the millions around the world

are helped

with autism, take a good hard look at what country has provided the most

innovation,

therapies, treatments and science. So god bless America(and our friends to the

north

also)!

PS: No cheap shots on how America caused the epidemic because the other

countries

obviously didn't do their due diligence either.

> > > MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen

> Welsome

> > > uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with

> plutonium

> > > in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government

> > > scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in

> > > the " Albuquerque Tribune " and received the Pulitzer Prize for her

> > > work. It took another six years for her to complete her book

> > > called " The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical

> Experiments in

> > > the Cold War. " She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen

> Welsome,

> > > thanks for joining us.

> > >

> > > EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.

> > >

> > > AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that

> > > we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare

> opportunity

> > > to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even

> get a

> > > clue that this was going on?

> > >

> > > EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I

> was a

> > > reporter at the " Albuquerque Tribune " and I was doing some

> research

> > > on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup

> work. I

> > > noticed that in the document there were several radioactive

> animal

> > > dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of

> > > animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went

> > > over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what

> was then

> > > called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got

> out a

> > > big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal

> > > studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and

> it was

> > > horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them

> > > develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the

> radiation

> > > sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for

> me. These

> > > were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't

> > > something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it

> was

> > > about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like

> I had

> > > gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make

> my time

> > > look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye

> fell on

> > > a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18

> humans who

> > > had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my

> > > seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government

> had

> > > injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I

> could from

> > > the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to

> the

> > > university library there and started hunting up reports about

> these

> > > scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I

> looked

> > > at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of

> financial

> > > reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a

> company wants

> > > to put in the bad news, it's always in a footnote. So that

> taught me

> > > to look at footnotes.

> > >

> > > http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s

> > >

> > >

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whoa - i don't want to debate health care systems (don't even get me

started on how many problems we have with health care here) - did i

not say the US is leading the pack when it comes to fighting autism?

This is my home and I'm a proud Canadian for the same reasons you are

a proud American - the millions of great people. But it has to get

better - everywhere - with respect to how our kids' situation is being

handled (the " in the same boat " thing mentioned earlier). I take the

" if you don't like it then leave " thing to heart because that's what I

get thrown in my face by the apologists when i talk about about the

crappy treatment of autism kids - e.g. when government(s) here battle

parents in court over ABA therapy.

no worries - no cheaps shots - and America causing the epidemic? how

far between the lines did you have to go to infer that from any of my

comments?

ouch...

> > > > MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen

> > Welsome

> > > > uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with

> > plutonium

> > > > in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government

> > > > scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a

series in

> > > > the " Albuquerque Tribune " and received the Pulitzer Prize

for her

> > > > work. It took another six years for her to complete her book

> > > > called " The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical

> > Experiments in

> > > > the Cold War. " She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen

> > Welsome,

> > > > thanks for joining us.

> > > >

> > > > EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.

> > > >

> > > > AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but

now that

> > > > we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare

> > opportunity

> > > > to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even

> > get a

> > > > clue that this was going on?

> > > >

> > > > EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I

> > was a

> > > > reporter at the " Albuquerque Tribune " and I was doing some

> > research

> > > > on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup

> > work. I

> > > > noticed that in the document there were several radioactive

> > animal

> > > > dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what

kind of

> > > > animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So

I went

> > > > over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what

> > was then

> > > > called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got

> > out a

> > > > big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these

animal

> > > > studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and

> > it was

> > > > horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching

them

> > > > develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the

> > radiation

> > > > sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for

> > me. These

> > > > were old experiments and as gruesome as they were, it wasn't

> > > > something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it

> > was

> > > > about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like

> > I had

> > > > gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make

> > my time

> > > > look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye

> > fell on

> > > > a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18

> > humans who

> > > > had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back

in my

> > > > seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government

> > had

> > > > injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I

> > could from

> > > > the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to

> > the

> > > > university library there and started hunting up reports about

> > these

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sorry Lenny--my sarcasm got the best of me. It's from the song, anyway. maurineschaferatsprynet <schafer@...> wrote: >> whenever I see that I always think> WHY SHOULD God bless the USA? especially after all it has done!!!> AngeBecause for all its faults, its the best county in the world to live-- but such debate is not the

purpose of this list.Lenny

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I was sarcastic. It's from the song. enuf said maurineMax <max.walker@...> wrote: whenever I see that I always think WHY SHOULD God bless the USA? especially after all it has done!!! Ange Re: We're from the govt., and we're here to help you this really made me ill. I hate reading about human and animal research-just terrible, terrible. God Bless the USA(USA)trophyfish2 <gusindedge> wrote: MY GOODMAN: After a six-year investigation, reporter Eileen Welsome uncovered the identities of eighteen people injected with plutonium in the 1940's without their knowledge by federal government scientists. Eileen Welsome published her findings in a series in the "Albuquerque Tribune" and received the Pulitzer Prize for her work. It took another six years for her to complete her book called "The Plutonium Files, America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War." She joins us now in Boulder, Colorado. Eileen Welsome, thanks for joining us.EILEEN WELSOME: Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.AMY GOODMAN: Over the years we have spoken with you, but now that we're on this tour and you live in Denver, this is a rare opportunity to sit down and go through this story. First, how did you even get a clue that this was going

on?EILEEN WELSOME: Amy, it started, as you mentioned earlier, I was a reporter at the "Albuquerque Tribune" and I was doing some research on an air force base there, and they were doing some cleanup work. I noticed that in the document there were several radioactive animal dumps on this air force base. So I was curious about what kind of animals were in the dump and why were they radioactive? So I went over to the air force base, Kirkland Air Force Base, to what was then called the Air Force Special Weapons Laboratory. And they got out a big stack of these dusty reports for me to read on these animal studies. And so as I was thumbing through these reports, and it was horrible because they were incubating beagles and watching them develop cancers and how long they lived and charting the radiation sickness. But as a reporter, there wasn't a story there for me. These were old experiments and as gruesome as they were,

it wasn't something that a daily newspaper would be interested in. So it was about 5:00 on Friday, I was eager to go home, but I felt like I had gone to this trouble to get these documents and I had to make my time look good. So I kept flipping through the reports. And my eye fell on a footnote and the footnote mentioned something about 18 humans who had been injected with plutonium. So I kind of reared back in my seat. I was just shocked. Shocked to think that our government had injected 18 people with plutonium. So I jotted down what I could from the citation and the next day, which was a Saturday, I went to the university library there and started hunting up reports about these scientists. So that was the beginning of it and the reason I looked at the footnote, I need to say this, is I had done a lot of financial reporting prior to that time and I know that whenever a company wants to put in the bad news, it's

always in a footnote. So that taught me to look at footnotes.http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.

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