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Scientist's death haunts family (Frank Olson)
Mercury News ^ | Aug. 08, 2002 | Fredric N. Tulsky

Posted on 8/20/2002, 4:37:00 AM by Leper Messiah

Edited on 4/13/2004, 10:29:42 AM by Jim Robinson. [history]

The death in 1953 of a government scientist, Frank Olson, in a fall from a New York hotel window, is one of the most notorious cases in CIA history.

Only in 1975 did Olson's family learn that the CIA had slipped LSD into his drink, days before his death. President Ford apologized for an experiment gone awry, and promised that the government would reveal everything about the case.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1953; cia; dickcheney; donaldrumsfeld; frankolson; lsd; williamcolby

1 posted on 8/20/2002, 4:37:00 AM by Leper Messiah
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To: Leper Messiah
The documents show that two of the key officials involved in the decision to withhold that information were White House aides Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, today the nation's vice president and secretary of defense.

The only reason this is being brought up now is to embarrass the President in an important Congressional election year.

And

In 1993, Eric Olson arranged for his father's body to be unearthed and examined by a forensic scientist, James Starrs. Starrs concluded that Frank Olson had probably been struck on the head and then thrown out of the hotel window.

This Starrs guy is quite a forensic scientist. Mr. Olson has been in the ground for 40 years and jumped out of a highrise window and the conclusion was he was hit on the head.(probably)

Amazing

2 posted on 8/20/2002, 5:01:35 AM by Militiaman7
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To: Leper Messiah
Already posted HERE
3 posted on 8/20/2002, 5:13:07 AM by Militiaman7
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To: Leper Messiah
Well that explains a few things...
4 posted on 8/20/2002, 7:11:42 AM by FormerLurker
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To: Leper Messiah
our government does not kill US citizens because it is against the law ... ... our government does not kill US citizens because it is against the law ... ... our government does not kill ... ... oh what the heck, he was murdered and our own government did it.
5 posted on 8/20/2002, 3:02:26 PM by Red Jones
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