Alas, “Quantico” is not one of Bear’s better novels. It ends abruptly and stupidly, IMHO. Either he just got tired/lazy or the book’s editor did a lousy job.
Here is the correct URL to the article.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/8730/
Can+science+fiction+beat+Bin+Laden
Correspondence produced by the DIA under FOIA shows that Zawahiri used a spy who infiltrated the UK biodefense establishment.
Apparently, based on an October 2006 WP article called “Hardball Tactics in an Era of Threats,” the FBI suspects Zawahiri may have used a different spy to infiltrate the US biodefense establishment.
The Faithful Spy: Amerithrax Spoiler Alert
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00371.htm