1945 to 1974
Secret programs
Radiation and germ tests on people who were not told, MKULTRA, COINTELPRO, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, and the end of the gold standard.
Key facts
- The government injected patients with plutonium, infected 1,308 people in Guatemala, and sprayed bacteria over San Francisco, none with consent.
- The Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed 416 to 0 and 88 to 2. The NSA's historian later found the second attack did not happen.
- COINTELPRO became public in 1971 after files were taken from the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania.
Timeline
3 events in Police, Courts & Prisons, oldest first
- 1963March 18, 1963Police, Courts & Prisons
Supreme Court: a person too poor to hire a lawyer cannot get a fair trial unless the state provides one
Gideon v. Wainwright, decided unanimously.
- 1970May 4, 1970Police, Courts & Prisons
Ohio National Guard fires 61 to 67 shots in 13 seconds at Kent State
Four dead, nine wounded; no one convicted.
- September 1970Police, Courts & Prisons
President's commission: unnecessary, unwarranted, and inexcusable
The Kent State shootings.