Posted on 09/21/2001 8:00:01 PM PDT by technochick99
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:08:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Terrorists likely have considered biological weapons and may be working on ways to deploy them, biological warfare experts say.
Certainly after the Sept. 11 attacks, anything seems possible. The experts also say, however, it will take a level of scientific know-how to execute a biological attack that terrorists most likely don't have.
(Excerpt) Read more at wired.com ...
The comment post keeps choking so I am posting in two parts
Homeland Defense Workshop: Biological Terrorism (ANSER)
James W. Snyder, Ph.D. and William Check, Ph.D. Bioterrorism Threats to our Future: The Role of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Detection, Identification, and Confirmation of Biologcial Agents (2001)
Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Report (Final Report of the Biological Warfare Improved Response Program (BW-IRP), NDPO/DOD Criminal and Investigation Workshop held January 19-21, 2000.
Biological Warfare Improved Response Program: Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents involving Biological Weapons (September 12, 2000)
- National Guard Bureau Report to Congress: Enhancing The National Guard's Readiness To Support Emergency Responders In Domestic Chemical And Biological Terrorism Defense (July 1999)
CDC: Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response (April 21, 2000)
July 23, 2001: House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations: Hearing on Combating Terrorism: Federal Response to a Biological Weapons Attack
July 12, 2001: House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations: Biological Weapons Convention Protocol: Status and Implications. Congressional Hearings – Statements and Testimonies
May 24, 2000: House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations: DoD Chemical and Biological Defense Program: Management and Oversight
October 27, 1999: Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats: The Threat of Agricultural Biological Terrorism
May 20, 1999: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations:Threat of Bioterrorism in America: Assessing the Adequacy of Federal Law Relating to Dangerous Biological Agents
March 25, 1999: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Subcommittee on Public Health: Bioterrorism: Our Frontline Response; Evaluating U.S. Public Health and Medical Readiness
June 2, 1998: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies: Preparedness for Epidemics and Bioterrorism
April 22, 1998: Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information: Chemical and Biological Weapons Threats to America: Are We Prepared?
- March 4, 1998: Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information: Biological Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists
- Chemical and Biological Defense: Units Better Equipped, but Training and Readiness Reporting Problems Remain (GAO-01-27, November 14, 2000)
Chemical and Biological Defense: Observations on Nonmedical Chemical and Biological R&D Programs (T-NSIAD-00-130, March 22, 2000)
Combating Terrorism: Chemical and Biological Medical Supplies Are Poorly Managed (T-HEHS/AIMD-00-59, March 8, 2000)
Combating Terrorism: Chemical and Biological Medical Supplies Are Poorly Managed (HEHS/AIMD-00-36, October 29, 1999)
Combating Terrorism: Observations on the Threat of Chemical and Biological Terrorism (T-NSIAD-00-50, October 20, 1999)
Combating Terrorism: Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks (NSIAD-99-163, September 7, 1999)
Combating Terrorism: Observations on Biological Terrorism and Public Health Initiatives (T-NSIAD-99-112, March 16, 1999)
U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM): Domestic Preparedness Program
Office of Counterproliferation and Chemical Biological Defense DOD
Biological Warfare Improved Response Program: Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents involving Biological Weapons (September 12, 2000)
Centers for Disease Control: Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
CDC: Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response (April 21, 2000)
Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (PIPS): Countering Biological Terrorism
Fact Sheets on Biological Agents (Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, The Johns Hopkins University)
Joint SIPRI-Bradford Chemical and Biological Warfare Project
Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (CBIAC)
Christopher F. Chyba, "Biological Terrorism, Emerging Diseases, and National Security" (Project on World Security, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response
Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare
Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook
The Medical NBC Battlebook, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM), Tech Guide 244, May 1999.
Mitretek Systems: Background on Biological Warfare
PhRMA Scientific and Regulatory Affairs: Biological & Chemical Weapons
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