Posted on 05/13/2009 8:47:29 PM PDT by null and void
A Canadian scientist has been arrested for smuggling 22 vials stolen from Canada's National Microbiology Lab, used in Ebola and HIV research, into the United States, Canadian and US officials said Wednesday.
Konan Michel Yao, 42, "was taken into custody" while crossing from Manitoba into North Dakota
A Public Health Agency of Canada spokeswoman [said] Yao "was working on vaccines for the Ebola virus and HIV, among other things."
The Ivory Coast-born scientist is said to have studied at Laval University in Quebec and briefly worked at the University of Manitoba's plant sciences department.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/ebola-gene-theft-a-shocker-44969902.html
“Ebola gene theft a shocker
Sparks serious questions about security at city’s microbiology lab”
By: Jen Skerritt
14/05/2009 1:00 AM | Comments: 0
SNIPPET: “WINNIPEG – For nearly four months, scientists at Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Lab had no idea that a former researcher walked out of the strictly controlled federal facility with 22 vials of stolen biological material — including vials that contained genes of the lethal Ebola virus.
The theft has sparked controversy and serious questions about security protocols at a lab that contains some of the world’s deadliest pathogens.
Dr. Frank Plummer, the lab’s scientific director, said no one knew the vials were missing until May 5 when the RCMP alerted them there had been a theft — the same day FBI special agents arrested the former Winnipeg researcher as he tried to cross the Manitoba-North Dakota border en route to his new job at a U.S. bio-defence facility in Maryland.”
He could just be REALLY stupid...
In which, why the heck was he hired?
ROP tries again, and thank God fails.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2251181/posts
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Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6lXKRwbbz0
“Man Caught At Canadian Border Carrying Ebola Virus”
(Added May 14, 2009)
Thank you fanfan for pinging your list.
flashbacks are fun...
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