From mustard gas to LSD to Agent Orange to antipsychotics, the U.S. Department of Defense has for decades subjected its troops to experimental chemicals and drugs without consent and without recourse - and with horrific results. It continues to do so to this day. The U.S. government deliberately and remorselessly violates the Constitutional rights of the very people sworn to protect that founding document.Three U.S. troops refused consent for an experimental vaccine against the biochemical weapon anthrax-and suffered the consequences. This is their story, as told by the Marine judge advocate who defended them at their courts-martial.
Update 2021: Directly relevant to today's mandatory vaccine programs.