Some of the U.S. governments secrets revealed

The Freedom of Information Act helped reporter/author Linda Hunt tremendously with this book. Because of it, she's written an extremely shocking book: Secret Agenda: the United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945-1990 (353.0085 HUN).

In Project Paperclip, the U.S. government deliberately blocked criminal trials for Nazi scientists. After World War II, we had the Cold War with the USSR. To ensure that the Soviets did not obtain the Nazi scientists' knowledge, the U.S. actively recruited these individuals. To make it easier for the government, these new recruits entered North America through Canada and Mexico, then simply came across the border into the U.S.

According to Hunt, thousands of soldiers were used in experiments with drugs between 1957 and 1966.

The book includes photos of some of the abuse the prisoners were subjected to in the name of science.

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