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BioWatch's chief aim is off-target, U.S. security officials say
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Department planners have privately rejected a central premise of BioWatch, the nation's decade-old system for detecting biological weapons released into the air, according to government documents and testimony...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Science and Technology, National Security, Anthrax, Henry A Waxman
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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., Science and Technology, Anthrax
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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: FBI, Medical Procedures and Tests, Personal Weapon Control, Michael Bloomberg, Interior Policy
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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, Biological and Chemical Weapons, George W. Bush, Terrorism, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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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: Defense, Government, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Food and Drug Administration
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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: Defense, Government, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Food and Drug Administration
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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: Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Democratic National Convention (2008), Science and Technology, Fred Upton
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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: Medical Procedures and Tests, Elections, Tularemia , Diseases and Illnesses, Democratic National Convention (2008)
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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: Parties and Movements, National Security, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Bennie G. Thompson
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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: Lab Tests, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Bennie G. Thompson, George W. Bush, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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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: Tularemia , Democratic National Convention (2008), Barack Obama, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, National 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: Computer Crime, Flu, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, University of Phoenix Stadium
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