Latest developments in the US Public Health Service's long-term clandestine program of infecting thousands of Guatemalan orphans, troops, prostitutes and in-patients with syphilis, gonorrhea, and other venereal diseases -- for which the Obama administration "apologized," but is now stonewalling reparations and other legal redress.
The program is reminiscent of the notorious Tuskeegee syphilis experiments on black American men for a simple reason: Both programs were the handiwork of the Health Service's late Frankenstein figure, .John Cutler, "M.D."
FEATURING:
White House spokesperson P.J. Crowley;
Guatemalan plaintiffs' attorney Piper Hendicks of Conrad & Scherer in Washington, DC; and
Excerpts from John O'Shea's documentary tour of Guatemala and Tuskeegee, "Guatemala - Syphilis Laboratory," from Journeyman Pictures [journeyman.tv].
Anchor: Robert Knight Producer: Thiago Barrozo Engineer: Michael G. Haskins Origin: WBAI/Pacifica
Five O'Clock Shadow - US Medical Sex Crimes in Guatemala