U.S.A.: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CIA SAYS DEFENCE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE DISOBEYED ORDERS TO DESTROY LETHAL POISONS.
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U.S.A.: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CIA SAYS DEFENCE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE DISOBEYED ORDERS TO DESTROY LETHAL POISONS.
- Title: U.S.A.: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CIA SAYS DEFENCE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE DISOBEYED ORDERS TO DESTROY LETHAL POISONS.
- Date: 19th September 1975
- Summary: 1. SV Army senior researcher, takes oath and sits in front of Senate Committee (2 shots) 0.15 2. CU Shantz listens to question and replies. 0.32 3. SV Senators seated 0.42 4. CU Former Army Project Officer, Senseney at microphone (2 shots) 0.53 5. CU Senseney speaks 1.07 6. SV & CU Senators seated (3 shots) 1.19 7. CU Committee Chairman Church speaking (3 shots) 1.30 8. SV PAN Senator at table 1.39 TRANSCRIPTS SEQ. 2: SHANTZ: "Will you translate that into number of people killed per gram?" "Well, if it was two tenths of a milligram there would be sufficient for five thousand people". "And if you had seven grams that would be 55 thousand people?" SHANTZ: "Yes, that's correct". SEQ. 5: SENSENEY: "You can make a button from biological materials and place it in such a way that you can actually put it on your shirt, your coat, button it up, you can walk into another country with a starter for coming up with a biological agent." SEQ. 7: CHURCH: "Above all, it emphasises the necessity for improved mechanisms of accountability, all the way from the White House to the outer branches of the intelligence establishments." Initials EC/2245 TELERECORDING This film is serviced with an English Commentary and comments made to the Senate Committee by Senior Army Researcher Dr. Edward Shantz and Mr. Sensene. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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