CIA conducted germ-simulation tests in the New York City subway system.

Evidence

A study on the vulnerability of subway systems to covert attack and development of a method to carry out such attack was conducted,” wrote the chief of the Biological Branch of the Technical Services Division in October 1967. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 212

Categorization

  • corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 212
  • XREF: connects to: The CIA treated foreign nations as laboratories for experimentation. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 349

Broader Connections