"Pilots Assigned Internal Anthrax Investigation Later Forced to Resign over Results." |
Major Russell Dingle and Major Thomas L. Rempfer, both of the Connecticut Air National Guard, were the pilot members of Tiger Team "Alpha," an investigative team formed by their Commander in September of 1998 to convey Servicemembers' concerns about the anthrax vaccine to the chain of command. The officers were forced to resign from their pilot positions in 1999 after the chain of command was either unable or unwilling to address the safety, efficacy, necessity and legality issues raised by the investigation. Today, their work continues until the anthrax program ceases; all records are expunged; the inoculated ill properly treated; and the Department of Defense holds itself accountable for its willful and unlawful experimentation on U.S. armed forces members. They maintain that the current AVIP (Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program) violates 10 USC 1107, EO 13139 and DoD Directive 6200.2 and is therefore illegal without a Presidential waiver of informed consent. The work of Major Dingle and Major Rempfer, to date, includes: Testimony to Congress: http://www.hous e.gov/reform/ns/hearings/testimony/written_testimony_of_maj.htm http://www.house.gov/refor m/hearings/healthcare/99.10.12/rempfer.htm Opinion Editorials: http://www.majorbates.com/opinions/0 9may00_usatoday.htm http://www.majorbates.com/opinions/13feb00 _wp.htm http://www.majorbates.com/opinions/30jan_w p2.htm http://www.majorbates.com/opinions/30jan _baltsun1.htm http://www.majorbates.com/opinions/20j an00_courant.htm http://www.majorbates.com/opinions/2aug99 _atpc.htm http://www.majorbates.com/opinions/21 mar99_baltsun.htm The CT National Guard Developments include: 25 Jan 2001 -- Military men--and a politician--battle mandatory anthrax vaccination, by Katherine A. Mason (New Haven Advocate) Proposed House Bills HB06079 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ADMINISTRATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS AND VACCINES TO MEMBERS OF THE CONNECTICUT MILITIA. 1/17/01 Proposed House Bills HB06295 AN ACT CONCERNING COMMAND POSITIONS IN THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL GUARD AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD. 1/18/01 Dodd Questions Handling Of Anthrax Complaint - The Hartford Courant U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd is questioning how the Pentagon's Inspector General handled a complaint by two Connecticut Air Force Reserve majors that two high-ranking Army officers gave false or misleading testimony. Click here: FIC2000-303 -- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION -- OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT -- In the Matter of a Complaint by -- FINAL DECISION -- Thomas Rempfer, Complainant -- against -- Docket #FIC 2000-303 William A. Cugno, Adjutant General, State of Connecticut, Military Department: "12. It is found that, during 1998 and 1999, the Connecticut Army National Guard [hereinafter ‰¥þthe Guard‰¥ÿ] was in the process of addressing the controversial issue of an anthrax vaccine program, that the complainant herein was an officer in the Guard during such time, that he was assigned by the Guard to research the vaccine, that he decided not to take the vaccine, and that he ultimately resigned his commission as a Guard officer as a result of the anthrax vaccine controversy, after being ordered to so resign." Click here: FIC2000-304 -- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT -- In the Matter of a Complaint by -- FINAL DECISION -- Russell E. Dingle, Complainant against -- Docket #FIC 2000-304 -- William A. Cugno, Adjutant General, State of Connecticut, Military Department; and Michael J. Tuohy, Staff Judge Advocate, State of Connecticut, Military Department, Connecticut Army National Guard: "22. It is found that the respondents do not contend that the requested records that they maintain are exempt from mandatory disclosure. It is also found that they simply ignored the complainant's requests in this matter, and that such inaction resulted in the respondents‰¥ú violations of the complainant's rights under the FOI Act, both in letter and spirit. It is further found that such violations were without reasonable grounds, within the meaning of å¤1-206(b)(2), G. S. " National Guard Is Fined - The Hartford Courant The state Freedom of Information Commission on Wednesday fined the Connecticut National Guard and the state's adjutant general for failing to give two Air National Guard pilots information about the military's mandatory anthrax inoculation program. Blumenthal To Oppose Use Of Anthrax Vaccine - The Hartford Courant Two former Connecticut Air National Guard pilots have convinced the state's attorney general to challenge the U.S. military's use of the anthrax vaccine because federal documents say it has never been licensed for its present use. Pilots Quit Guard Unit In Anthrax Argument Eight veteran combat pilots from the Connecticut Air National Guard -- almost a quarter of the 103rd Fighter Wing -- are resigning to protest a requirement that they be inoculated with a controversial anthrax vaccine. CT Attorney General Blumenthal letter to SECDEF Cohen: 27 Dec 1999-- Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal's letter to SecDef Cohen -- " The program apparently was undertaken without any regard for the possible liability of the states for the costs associated with Guardsmen who may become ill..." |
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