Not a CT! Did the CIA create AIDS? A forum of eugenics?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. On the other hand, there was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment

Best not to get too comfortable with what our government is and is not capable of.

In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs for blacks. It was called the "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male".

The study initially involved 600 black men – 399 with syphilis, 201 who did not have the disease. The study was conducted without the benefit of patients' informed consent. Researchers told the men they were being treated for "bad blood," a local term referring to several ailments, including syphilis, anemia, and fatigue. In truth, they did not receive the proper treatment needed to cure their illness. In exchange for taking part in the study, the men received free medical exams, free meals, and burial insurance. Although originally projected to last 6 months, the study actually went on for 40 years. It has been called "arguably the most infamous biomedical research study in U.S. history."[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Public_Health_Service#Tuskegee_Study_of_Untreated_Syphilis_in_the_Black_Male

The part that bothers me most is the phrase "arguably the most infamous." (Emphasis mine)