Anthrax vaccines

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General L.

Commandant of the Marine Corps

Headquarters Marine Corps

2 Navy Annex

Washington, DC 20380-1775

Dear General ,

Subject: Anthrax Vaccines and Courts-Martial

I write to you about matters concerning the vaccination of Marines

with the so-called anthrax vaccine. I use the term so-called because

some of the lots of the vaccine being used in the Anthrax Vaccine

Immunization Program (AVIP) have been proven, beyond any scientific

doubt, to contain a synthetic polymer named squalene, a substance

used in experimental vaccine adjuvants. In short, this means that

some or all of the anthrax vaccines that have been used in the AVIP

are not comprised of what the Department of Defense (DoD) has

claimed they are. Squalene use in vaccines requires specific case-by-

case approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because of

the very real potential of triggering a human adjuvant disease, an

adjuvant induced autoimmune disease. Vaccines containing squalene in

any quantity would fall under the category of what the FDA calls an

investigational new drug (IND) and informed consent of the persons

being vaccinated would be mandatory - which is certainly not the

case with Marines who have been vaccinated to date including myself.

Hence, a short introduction and relevant history is necessary.

I am a former Captain of Marines who voluntarily, but reluctantly

left active duty in June of 1993. My decision to leave the Corps

centered on the idea that many decisions being made in the upper

echelons of the United States Marine Corps, the senior officer

corps, were so tainted by political expediency and careerism as to

undercut combat effectiveness and, therefore, weaken the security of

the United States. Since then I have learned firsthand how naïve

that evaluation was. The situation has become much worse than I

could have ever imagined and the proof is the Gulf War Syndrome

(GWS).

In 1996, within a year of completing graduate school, while

successfully transitioning back to civilian life, I was suddenly

stricken with what is now called Gulf War Syndrome. Looking back it

is clear that I had symptoms soon after coming back from the Gulf

War, but it had taken some time for the disease to wear down my

immune system causing what seemed like a delayed onset. Since the

abrupt, acute worsening, which made me so ill that I was at times

bed-ridden for the better part of a year, I have been living on the

brink of totally disability. I am marginally under-employed in a

computer field only because there are many times more jobs than

available personnel. I am able to work only with the help of

medication I cajoled from an understanding former military doctor

after medical tests I insisted on were positive for autoimmune

disease. I live knowing it is only some indeterminate amount of time

before my body finally surrenders to the Syndrome. Existing

treatments only delay the inevitable destruction of numerous body

systems. Let there be no mistake or room for posturing. Many have

already died from Gulf War Syndrome. The death certificate just

didn't say Gulf War Syndrome as the cause. You may ask how I am so

certain of the state of affairs I have just laid out?

Due to many reasons, including my ingrained Marine Corps habits, I

did not just sit back and wait for answers when the illness struck.

I soon learned they would not be forthcoming in any event. I went

out and found the truth and the truth, as you now cannot deny

knowing, is that Gulf War Syndrome is a disease or diseases

resulting from the use of experimental vaccines on unknowing

military service members. There is no room for argument here. The

testing for squalene antibodies, antibodies to an otherwise

naturally occurring body substance and found nearly exclusively in

sick Gulf War era military service members (encl. 1) including

myself, has been available for years and the DoD knew about this

testing soon after it was developed. Recently, the FDA tested the

anthrax vaccine using the only approved test and found squalene even

though the DoD claimed to have used the same test and said it did

not find squalene (encl. 2). The unadulterated truth: the Department

of Defense has been lying about the composition of what they are

calling the anthrax vaccine. Eventually, the true composition of the

vaccines and scope of this deception will be known. In the meantime,

there are immediate questions of integrity to address, the integrity

of some high-ranking officers in the United States Marine Corps.

Officers who swore an oath to defend the United States, in

accordance with the United States Constitution, against all enemies,

foreign and domestic and who have as a preeminent responsibility the

health and welfare of their subordinates.

Though I have recently read that the anthrax vaccine would now not

be administered to anyone except those deploying to the Gulf

theatre, it is clear to anyone who understands the gravity of the

health problems caused by these experimental vaccines that troops

being vaccinated with these experimental vaccines are in far greater

danger from the vaccine than from the potential threat of anthrax

weapons. There are also viable alternatives to the experimental

vaccine to include the use of the legitimately FDA-waivered anthrax

vaccine that the DoD still claims it is using as well as

prophylactic antibiotic treatment if the situation warrants. There

are now approximately 100,000 current and former military service

members on the Gulf War Syndrome registry. There are many thousands

more who have not been allowed on the registry because, not having

ever deployed to the Gulf War, they have not been allowed to

register or who have not registered because they do not understand

that their illness is GWS. In any case, it currently does not

matter. If any of these many thousands is receiving the proper

medical treatment it is purely by accident because even the most

basic research to identify and disseminate treatment plans is

purposely not being done. GWS is deliberately being propagandized as

a stress-caused disorder to keep the truth buried. Meanwhile, sick

veterans, many forced from active duty by sickness, somehow endure

the financial hardship that comes with unemployability, continue to

suffer, continue to die, without any chance of a cure. Why would the

DoD paint a scenario so contrary to the truth if there was nothing

to hide and the experimental vaccine use was just an honest mistake

initially undertaken in time of war to protect the troops? What kind

of Marine officer is aware of this kind of information and does not

take action to protect the Marines in their charge? At this point in

time, the truth being so readily available, I question the integrity

of any officer who orders Marines to take the vaccine with threat of

a court-martial or who knows of the truth and does not take formal

action. In the least, making vaccination an order would be

dereliction of duty because it is now well established that some of

the vaccine lots are experimental and have resulted in disease and

death, identifying this an unlawful order according to the law of

the land, the United States Constitution.

Amendment IX, of the US Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights,

states that every person is endowed with " certain inalienable

Rights. " Inalienable rights are endowed naturally by birth and

cannot be taken away by anyone, any institution and, specifically

not by ANY government - for ANY reason. (Just in case this is

unclear to the people who work at government-controlled, quasi-

corporate think tanks who may read this letter, the FDA cannot just

grant a waiver to the US Constitution and the intentional lack of

informed consent cannot be rationalized by " national security "

concerns.) Reading a history of the period, one unambiguous,

inalienable right meant by these carefully chosen words was the

right of bodily integrity, fundamental control over one's body. When

these words were written, by mostly former British subjects, it was

with the wisdom gained from a long history of monarchs and despots

who summarily tortured and executed those who did not meet their

approval. Fully realizing that such behavior was not relegated

exclusively to monarchs and despots, these newly minted Americans

pushed for the passage of the Bill of Rights to be added to the new

republic's constitution. As original intent dictates, military

service members may voluntarily risk their lives in the service of

their country, but being a member of the US military does not in any

way abrogate the Bills of Rights' " certain inalienable Rights. " This

basic legal tenet, underscored with every officer's oath of office,

was reinforced during the Nuremberg trials at the end of World War

II. Consequently, testing experimental vaccines on human beings

without informed consent is not only unconstitutional, but also

illegal according to international law and, if consistency is to be

maintained, is punishable by hanging of the responsible senior

officials and officers. Similarly, any military judge that does not

allow the entering of evidence of illegal vaccine use in the courts-

martial of anthrax vaccine " refusniks " , or officer in the chain-of-

command who aids by similar, unlawful acts or orders, should also be

charged with dereliction of duty and be punished to the full extent

of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

In addition, Marines who support or defend unlawful orders

pertaining to unconstitutional anthrax vaccinations can also be

justifiably compared to totalitarians such as the Nazis. The excuse

that one was " only following orders " is acceptable only when that

order is lawful. ning ignorance or trying to hide behind some

kind of contrived plausible deniability scheme is not an acceptable

tactic at this point in history because the truth is readily

available to any officer who has the rudimentary level of

intelligence required to be an officer. I found the truth about GWS

researching from my home in North Hampton, New Hampshire. Am I

expected to believe that the most senior officers of the United

States Marine Corps, with nearly limitless resources at their

disposal, are truly ignorant of facts surrounding the illegal use of

experimental vaccines or do not understand what constitutes an

lawful order in accordance with the US Constitution? It is a

disgrace to the Marine Corps, but especially the officer corps that

it is the junior enlisted personnel who have the fortitude to stand

against orders that are clearly unlawful, being court-martialed as a

result, while the senior officers, seek only to appease their

corrupt civilian superiors. It makes no difference whether these

officers are receiving the experimental vaccines too. It's still

unconstitutional to order subordinates to take it and it only proves

one has limited intelligence and no backbone.

It is the US Constitution that separates our form of government from

totalitarian regimes and makes us a nation of laws applicable to

every citizen. By definition, this is what constitutes a republic.

Marines who fail to understand and live by this fundamental concept

are unfit for military service and should be expeditiously

discharged from military service – no matter what their rank.

I find the behavior of Marine officers who know the facts

surrounding the use of experimental vaccines and related GWS matters

and, who have taken no direct action, as completely dishonorable. As

evidenced by the continuing courts-martial, it reeks of the

careerism that so disgusted me while I served. That careerism has

spawned moral and ethical cowardice, despite any medals one may have

been awarded for bravery on battlefields, and resulted in murder and

treason. This is no exaggeration. When one deliberately takes no

action knowing that similar inaction has resulted in many uncounted,

agonizing deaths, this constitutes complicity in the horrendous

murders of former and current comrades-in-arms. When one undermines

the security of the United States by disobeying the Constitution of

the United States and betrays the trust and confidence of the

citizens of the United States in its military, this is, without

equivocation, treason. In effect, the continued inaction and silent

complicity of some Marine and other military officers in this matter

has worked to nullify the victories of WWII and the Cold War – wars

against totalitarianism, wars fought for the " certain inalienable

Rights " of others as delineated in the US Constitution.

This whole fiasco makes me ashamed to tell anyone that I served in

the United States Marine Corps. On the battlefield I would have

given my life for my fellow Marines if need be. Yet, when confronted

with a danger to our country equal to any war I now find the Corps

is paralyzed by the inability of some members of the officer corps

to simply utter the word no to a superior. If I had the means I

would send this letter to every Marine, past and present, so there

would be no misunderstanding about where I stand and what is going

on – or, in the case of some Marine officers, what is not going on

but should be.

I look forward to your reply and, even better, your direct and

immediate intervention in this situation that poses such a grave

threat to our republic.

Otherwise, tell the Marine historians to make a new entry. Instead

of " Tell it to the Marines " note the slogan has now changed

to " Don't tell it to the Marines " because they don't want to know

the truth.

Sincerely,

Wesley