They were covering him because it was our chemical weapons.

This is why I always had a problem with people just asserting that there were no WMD's in Iraq. Of course there were. They were our WMDs. It was Rumsfeld who sold it to him!

Lo and Behold, we found them, covered it up, and let several NBC servicemen get injured and be uncompensated for trying to dispose of the weapons in a safe manner. The NBC guys were eventually helped after the federal courts had to step in and stop the VA from covering up the injuries.