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don't fear the reaper A lawmaker wants to know if the Pentagon ever exposed the American public to ticks infected with bioweapons Jeff Schogol July 15, 2019 at 04:40 PM news (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen) If you've ever wondered if the Pentagon has ever exposed the American public to ticks infected with biological weapons, you're not alone.Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) authored an amendment to the House version of the Fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would require the Defense Department Inspector General's Office to find out if the U.S. military experimented with using ticks and other insects as biological weapons between 1950 and 1975.If such experiments took place, the amendment would require the inspector general's office to tell lawmakers if any of the ticks or other bugs "were released outside of any laboratory by accident or experiment design." Read More Show Less biological warfare ticks don't fear the reaper news politics policy military tech
