Sailors Sprayed With Nerve Gas in Cold War Test, Pentagon Says

My God, that's offensive. Here are these people, serving their country -- against their will, in many cases, this was the draft era -- and the Pentagon decides to make guinea pigs out of them.

Hundreds of sailors exposed to the poisons in tests conducted in the 1960's could be eligible for health care benefits, and the Department of Veterans Affairs has already begun contacting those who participated in some of the experiments, known as Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense, or SHAD.

1) Great acronym, guys.

2) And great, you're going to send them -- the ones that are still alive, anyway -- to the VA. That's going to help.