[Vision2020] Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'

[Tom Hansen]

>From KPIX-TV (CBS affiliate) in San Francisco at

http://tinyurl.com/2yr9bw

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Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build a 'Gay Bomb'

(CBS) BERKELEY, Calif. A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military
spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a
hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and
make them more interested in sex than fighting.

Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS station KPIX-TV in San
Francisco that military leaders had considered, and then subsequently
rejected, building the so-called gay bomb.

Edward Hammond, of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, had used the Freedom of
Information Act to obtain a copy of the proposal from the Air Force's Wright
Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.

As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal
suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be
strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual
behavior."

The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop such
a chemical weapon.

"The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a
chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their
units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive
to one another," Hammond said after reviewing the documents.

"The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human
body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either
breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that
soldiers would become gay," explained Hammond.

The Pentagon told KPIX-TV that the proposal was made by the Air Force in
1994.

"The Department of Defense is committed to identifying, researching and
developing non-lethal weapons that will support our men and women in
uniform," said a DOD spokesperson, who indicated that the "gay bomb" idea
was quickly dismissed.

However, Hammond said the government records he obtained suggest the
military gave the plan much stronger consideration than it has acknowledged.

"The truth of the matter is it would have never come to my attention if it
was dismissed at the time it was proposed," he said. "In fact, the Pentagon
has used it repeatedly and subsequently in an effort to promote non-lethal
weapons, and in fact they submitted it to the highest scientific review body
in the country for them to consider."

Military officials insisted Friday to KPIX-TV that they are not currently
working on any such idea and that the past plan was abandoned.

Gay community leaders in California said Friday that they found the notion
of a "gay bomb" both offensive and almost laughable at the same time.

"Throughout history we have had so many brave men and women who are gay and
lesbian serving the military with distinction," said Geoff Kors of Equality
California. "So, it's just offensive that they think by turning people gay
that the other military would be incapable of doing their job. And its
absurd because there's so much medical data that shows that sexual
orientation is immutable and cannot be changed."

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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