Rev. Wright has made strong accusations. Those accusations are not are based gut instincts. It would be sweet to see a network interview him fairly and objectively. I doubt that will happen because Wright would have a mountain of evidence to back up his every claim. The AIDS claims certainly rankle a lot of Americans. But those claims would not have any legs at all if there wasn't something concrete to back them up. If the DOD had not asked for and received from Congess appropriations to develop a biological weapon that would attack and destroy the human immune system there would be no basis for the charges. But the DOD did make the request and there are researchers who followed that money trail and concluded the government did develop such a weapon.
"In 1969 Department of Defense representatives appeared before the Defense Subcommittee of the House and requested $10 million in 1970 DOD Appropriations for design and manufacture of a synthetic AIDS virus.
Specifically, on Tuesday, July 1, 1969, Dr. MacArthur of the Army Advanced Research Project Agency made the following statement to the Subcommittee:
"There are two things about the biological field agent I would like to mention. One is the possibility of technical surprise. Molecular biology is a field that is advancing very rapidly and eminent biologists believe that within a period of five to ten years it would be possible to produce a synthetic biological agent, an agent that does not naturally exist and for which no natural immunity could have been acquired."
MacArthur later submitted more detail to the Congressional Committee. The key points were:
1. Up to this point, (1969) all biological agents are naturally occurring.
2. It is possible to make a "new infective micro-organism" that would be "refractory to the immulogical and therapeutic processes upon which we depend to maintain our relative freedom from infectious diseases."
3. A research program would take six years and $10 million.
4. The program should be initiated through the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council (NAS-NRC).
5. The matter was discussed with NAS-NRC and "tentative plans were made to initiate the program.
The report added: "It is a highly controversial issue and there are many who believe such research should not be undertaken lest it lead to another method of 'massive killing of large populations."
http://www.eaec.org/dove/bio-warfare.htm