Blome worked for the CIA after WWII, leveraging his biowarfare expertise.

Evidence

Blome was acquitted of war crimes charges at Nuremberg. … In 1947, he began to pass on his biowar lore to scientists from the Special Operations Division of Camp Detrick. … By 1950, he was working for the Americans. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1176

Categorization

• XREF: This connects to a broader narrative about the CIA’s post-war operations and the integration of former Nazi scientists in American projects. — connects to: Castro suspected the CIA introduced biological plagues to undermine Cuba. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 107; The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1176

Broader Connections

• Castro suspected the CIA introduced biological plagues to undermine Cuba. #expands (0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 107
• The CIA’s MKULTRA program involved unethical biochemical experimentation. #exemplifies (0.60) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 106