BY LEONARD G. HOROWITZ, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H

Published by Tetrahedron, Inc., 20 Drumlin Rd., Rockport, Massachusetts 01966 (800)336-9266 www.Tetrahedron.org..........Fall, 1996.....Hardcover $29.95..Too hot for most bookstores; contact the publisher for immediate shipping.

Any serious truth-seeker will do well to purchase a copy of this book, even though it cannot be read in any ordinary way. Leonard Horowitz has attempted the impossible by addressing in one volume both the lay audience and his peers in the medical profession. In theory he succeeds, because anyone with sufficient commitment and a basic education can, with time, digest the material. Nevertheless, in practice this means that perhaps one reader in one-thousand will be able to tolerate his reliance on an unrelenting alphabet soup of abbreviations (HIV, CDC, ELISA, NCI, EBV....approximately 120 in all). Be sure to photocopy the four pages titled "Abbreviations" before you proceed.

This book is exceptionally well-researched, and its nearly 600 pages are complete with many of the original documents Dr. Horowitz unearthed. This reader has, within the space of a few months, perused most of the material; however exhausting, each session led to a painful sort of enlightenment. Perhaps Sean McBride, former foreign minister of Ireland, most aptly expressed why this might be:

I came to the conclusion that all the values that made me admire the American people were being eroded by the covert operations of the CIA and kindred secret bodies....

Time after time, the United States has generously aided other countries threatened by famine or disaster. The survival of this great tradition is of importance, not only to Americans, but to all freedom loving people in the world.

But in my view, the survival of this great democracy is now being gravely threatened by the covert criminal actions of the Central Intelligence Agency and its associate services. If the United States is to be protected from this grave danger, it is essential that the activities of this secret agency should be fully exposed to the people of the United States.

...I am a fierce believer in the democratic system of governments. Among democracies, the Constitution of the United States can be, and has proved to be, a bastion of civil liberty.

However, democracy and the rule of law could not survive side by side with a state agency that engages in covert operations ranging from assassinations to levying mercenary armies [to directing lethal biological weapons experiments and public health policies]. Even if there is, now, an attempt being made by some to check the activities of the CIA and the other Untied States intelligence agencies, the whole concept of a secret government and army within a government is a menace to the democratic system. From the preface of DIRTY WORK-2: The CIA in Africa, 1979.

For any American, it is painful to read clear evidence that our government, operating in our good name, has very likely been guilty of "directing lethal biological weapons experiments and public health policies" (Dr. Horowitz inserted this bracketed allegation in the above quote), both here in America and abroad, with reckless disregard for human life.

Dr. Horowitz leads us to the harrowing conclusion that these lethal biological weapons experiments have, at best, resulted in the accidental release of the AIDS and Ebola viruses from the laboratories where they were created. At worst, and perhaps more likely, the release of these laboratory-produced pathogens was intentional.

Would that Dr. Horowitz were less convincing so the reader could, with relief, dismiss his allegations.