A dose of "unfavorable side effects"

The CIA tested rejected commercial drugs on animals and U.S. soldiers.

Editor's note: At first glance, the much-hyped release on Tuesday of 700 pages of long-awaited, previously secret CIA papers may turn out to be one of the most anticlimactic document dumps ever. These decades-old papers are the agency's so-called "family jewels." But rather than exposing the agency's knickers, these papers are still heavily redacted. Judging by what was released, that "family jewels" name may be inappropriate at this late date. The agency's monitoring of Vietnam-era anti-war groups and opening people's mail isn't news now.
And some of it is sheer banality. (One previously secret document labeled "Fiscal Year 1973 Budgetary Support" discusses travel expenses for attending a July 1972 narcotics seminar. Another discusses the cost of postage and stationery for helping the White House respond to letters and telegrams.)
But the trove is not without intriguing details. We found an undated memorandum that describes a "relationship" between the CIA and drug manufacturers. The manufacturers handed over to the CIA behavioral drugs deemed unmarketable due to "unfavorable side effects." But the CIA kept the drugs -- and tested them on animals and U.S. troops.

Former Marine Claims Illness From Mystery Vaccine

WLWT NBC reports: "An alarming number of US troops are having severe reactions to some of the vaccines they receive in preparation for going overseas. 'This is the worst cover-up in the history of the military,' said an unidentified military health officer who fears for his job. A shot from a syringe is leaving some US servicemen and women on the brink of death."