What law did they break, exactly? The experiment wasn't on humans - the position of the CDC is that humans were unaffected, and the data gathered was about how

What law did they break, exactly? The experiment wasn't on humans - the position of the CDC is that humans were unaffected, and the data gathered was about how harmless bacteria spread through a densely populated city, to better protect those humans if a harmful agent were to do the same. At a time when biological warfare was a reasonable threat to make plans for, I don't think it's wholly unreasonable to consider these kinds of simulations justified. 1. http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/15/us/judge-s-decision-expected-soon-in-california-germ-warfre-case.html http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/15/us/judge-s-decision-expect...