Rumsfeld just has a way of making money off of drugs, eh?

[Roland99]

We all know he stood to make money from Tamiflu via his holdings in Gilead Sciences (and I, Roland of Gilead, Son of Stephen, line of Eld, take great umbrage at the abuse of the name Gilead ;) )

We all know he was CEO of G.D. Searle (maker of Aspartame) when Reagan took office and the FDA magically approved Aspartame for sale after years and years of delay.


What *I* didn't know was that, in 1976, a military recruit in New Jersey died from a flu that experts speculated might be the "swine flu". At Rumsfeld's urging, the Ford administration quickly produced and distributed large number of doses of the vaccine. However, some batches were contaminated and 52 people died while 600 fell ill. The program was stopped and nobody got swine flu. In 1977, Rumsfeld was awarded the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

I wonder if Rumsfeld stood to profit from that debacle?

[SPKrazy]

1. Drugs, Nuclear materials for North Korea, Weapons Sales

He plays all sides of every situation and always has

He is a person without scruples I believe