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Ricin letters more frightening than dangerous, evidence shows
WASHINGTON — Over the last two months, authorities have seized a succession of letters laced with the toxin ricin intended for the CIA, President Obama and other public officials. Viewed as copycat events by some investigators, the letters have...
Tags: Ricin Mail Attacks (2013, New York), Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Anthrax, Science and Technology
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Letters: More on bioterrorism
Re "Raising an alarm — and his income," May 19 Your article alleging that I didn't adequately reveal a conflict of interest doesn't mention that the "About the Author" page of my 2003 bioterrorism report explicitly stated that I was "a director of...Tags: Human Genome Sciences Inc., Anthrax, Science and Technology
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Bioterrorism consultant's anthrax claims challenged
WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult gained infamy in 1995 by unleashing the nerve agent sarin in...
Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Human Genome Sciences Inc., Anthrax, University of Maryland, College Park, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, National Government, Finance, Defense
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, National Government, Finance, Defense
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BioWatch technology couldn't detect lethal germs, tests found
WASHINGTON — For two years, the nationwide BioWatch system, intended to protect Americans against a biological attack, operated with defective components that left it unable to detect lethal germs, according to scientists with direct knowledge of...Tags: Democratic National Convention (2008), Smallpox , Anthrax, U.S. Congress, Los Angeles Times
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BioWatch documents demanded
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...Tags: Democratic National Convention (2008), Smallpox , Disasters and Accidents, Anthrax, Los Angeles Times
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Early warnings on BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Scientists who helped pioneer BioWatch, the government's system for detecting a biological attack on the U.S., knew from the start that it was prone to false alarms, records show. Between 2003, when the nationwide network of air...
Tags: Elections, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, New York City, White House
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BioWatch upgrade apparently postponed
WASHINGTON — Amid concerns about cost and reliability, the federal Department of Homeland Security has quietly postponed plans to buy technology that officials have long claimed could provide a life-saving upgrade of BioWatch, the nation's system...
Tags: Democratic National Convention (2008), U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Anthrax, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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The biodefender that cries wolf
DENVER — As Chris Lindley drove to work that morning in August 2008, a call set his heart pounding. The Democratic National Convention was being held in Denver, and Barack Obama was to accept his party's presidential nomination before a crowd of...
Tags: DNA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Flu, Executive Branch
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Congress members voice doubts about BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior Republican colleague voiced grave doubts Thursday about the viability of BioWatch, the nation's system for detecting biological attacks that has been plagued by false...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Parties and Movements, Laura Richardson
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Killer bird flu? What's behind the controversy over bird flu research
"Engineered Doomsday." "Mutant Bird Flu." These may sound like the names of disaster movies, but they are headlines on recent news reports about experiments involving the H5N1 influenza virus. The H5N1 virus is known as a "bird flu" because it mainly...Tags: Trine Tsouderos, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics, Bird Flu, University of Texas at Austin
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