were part of a presentation. we can put them up on screen, i believe. they will show you a little bit of what this program entailed. these slides came from a presentation that apparently was unveiled to people who were involved in this program out in the silicon valley. the purpose of slides is to demonstrate that much of this information is so critical that it is used in the president s daily intelligence briefings over at the white house so this is a brand new controversy for the white house involving surveillance of ordinary americans and it comes on the heels of a separate controversy about the surveillance of phone records that was very much a hot topic on capitol hill earlier today. reporter: by all appearances it s a top secret program that s been going on for years. allowing the national security agency to collect phone records of millions of americans from one of the nation s largest communications companies. under a court order, signed in april obtained by the british
post and the guardian that were part of a presentation. we can put them up on screen, i believe. they will show you a little bit of what this program entailed. these slides came from a presentation that apparently was unveiled to people who were involved in this program out in the silicon valley. the purpose of slides is to demonstrate that much of this information is so critical that it is used in the president s daily intelligence briefings over at the white house so this is a brand new controversy for the white house involving surveillance of ordinary americans and it comes on the heels of a separate controversy about the surveillance of phone records that was very much a hot topic on capitol hill earlier today. reporter: by all appearances it s a top secret program that s been going on for years. allowing the national security agency to collect phone records of millions of americans from one of the nation s largest communications companies. under a court order, signed in april
i remember him turning off the lights and me asking what are you doing? women who feel betrayed by the military they committed to serve. the pentagon s battle to do something about it. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents. tonight s host, drew griffin. reporter: a special look at the men and women who have served our country and eye-opening investigations into the unbelievable injustices done to them. we begin with the startling story of how u.s. soldiers were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war, the military embarked on a top secret program to test chemical and biological weapons but researchers used animals but believe it or not they also used humans. volunteers from the army who had no idea what they were signing up for. well, nearly half a century later, some of these human guinea pigs are emerging from the shadows with disturbing stories about what the military did to them then and how they are being
during the cold war, the military embarked on a top secret program to test chemical secret program to test chemical and biological weapons but researchers used animals but believe it or not they also used humans. volunteers from the army who had no idea what they were signing up for. well, nearly half a century later, some of these human guinea pigs are emging from the shadows with disturbing stories about what the military did to them then and how they are being treated now. dr. sanjay gupta investigates. i joined 18 years of age. the height of the vietnam war and really felt a sense of duty to my country to go and serve. i went straight to ft. bragg. it was just the thing to do. that was my obligation. that was my duty as an american. i was drafted and i was sent to ft. sill and placed in the missile detachment. we were supposed to be nuclear guards for the nuclear war heads that were to go on the pershing missiles. three american soldiers. tim josephs and frank ra
the military they committed to serve. the pentagon s battle to do something about it. revealing investigations, fascinating characters, stories with impact. this is cnn presents with tonight s host, drew griffin. tonight, a special look at some of the men and women who have served our country. opening investigations into the unbelievable injustices done to them. we begin with the startling story how u.s. soldierings were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war the military embarked on a top secret program to test chemical and biologic weapons. the researchers used animals. believe it north, they also used humans, volunteers from the army who had no idea what they were signing up for. nearly half a century later, some of these human guinea pigs are emerging from the shadows with disturbing stories what the military did to them then and how they re being treated now. dr. sanjay gupta investigates. i enlisted. joined at 18 years of age. it was the height of the vi