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Air Force Secretary Calls For Testing Non-Lethal Weapons on US Citizens

HeadlineSep 13, 2006

A top Air Force official is calling for the testing of high-powered non-lethal weapons on US citizens. His reason: public relations. Speaking here in the nation’s capital Tuesday, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said successful tests on US citizens would reduce global criticism were those weapons used in other countries. Wynne said: “If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation… I think that [we] would be vilified in the world press.”

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