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Podcast: Dropping Bombs
Episode: Mark T. Jackson. This "Classified" Base is Putting Veterans at Risk. Episode 301 with The Real Brad Lea (TRBL)
Description: Mark T. Jackson is an Army combat veteran, Federal agent, and veterans advocate. Earlier this year, he became a lobbyist, provocateur, and advocate for veterans of a small, secret base once located in southern Uzbekistan called K2. K2, used in the early years of the Afghan war, was located on a former Soviet base. The DoD knew from the start that the site was contaminated with chemical and radiological weapons and over 250 other toxicants. In response, the DoD classified the information, and when the base was abandoned, ensured it remained secret and forgotten. Over the y...