#FortDetrick

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People (1)

Vincent Ruwet Lieutenant Colonel who headed the Army's Special Operations Division at Fort Detrick and was Frank Olson's direct superior, present at the Deep Creek retreat where the CIA dosed his men with LSD and the official who escorted Olson to New York before his death.

Organizations (2)

Army Chemical Corps Army branch, the Chemical Warfare Service until 1946, whose Special Operations Division at Fort Detrick worked with the CIA under MKNAOMI and whose contract drug killed Harold Blauer in 1953.
Special Operations Division Top-secret Army unit at Fort Detrick that developed biological weapons and delivery systems for CIA covert operations under MKNAOMI, employing Frank Olson until his death in 1953.

Programs (1)

MKNAOMI Joint CIA-Army program under which the Special Operations Division at Fort Detrick produced biological and chemical weapons for covert CIA operations, including the toxins Sidney Gottlieb delivered to kill Patrice Lumumba.