Government
Jun. 2, 2011
Suit Over CIA Testing Narrowed
A federal judge in Oakland dismissed key parts of U.S. Army veterans' case against the CIA and other government agencies claiming they were deliberately exposed to toxins and hazardous materials.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A group of military veterans who claim they were deliberately exposed to chemical weapons during the 1950s and 1960s by the CIA, the U.S. Army and other federal agencies suffered a setback Tuesday when a federal judge in Oakland dismissed a key part of their lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled in an 11-page order that the veterans had not met the legal threshold for their claims against...
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