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Forrestal (first few minutes) was suicided after voicing resistance to the plan to use biological weapons on North Korea at a closed meeting in a hunting lodge.

"His explanation for these events was simple: "These men are not incompetent or stupid. They are crafty and brilliant. Consistency has never been a mark of stupidity. If they were merely stupid, they would occasionally make a mistake in our favor."

It is strange that James Forrestal died the very day his brother had planned to take him from the hospital.

The ex-Secretary of Defense is said to have jumped to his death from a sixteenth floor window of the hospital on May 22, 1949. His body was found sprawled grotesquely on a third floor projection of the building. The cord of his bathrobe was wound tightly around his neck and tied in a knot

The hospital issued a prepared statement that Forrestal had committed suicide. This was followed almost immediately by an almost identical coroner's verdict.

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I believe Admiral Byrdes son was part of this operation as well, and his diaries were leaked after his death

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