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Exercise focuses on potential N. Korea biological, chemical attack

(Stars and Stripes) CAMP CASEY, South Korea – U.S. and South Korean military officials huddled in operations centers over the past two weeks going over, in great detail, how they would respond to a chemical or biological attack from North Korea. While many details of the exercise are classified, 2nd Infantry Division officials said the Read More »

November 11, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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SLU terror-readiness program is world-renown

(KSDK) In fact, the head of Saint Louis University’s Institute for Biosecurity has serious doubts about the government’s official explanation in that famous case. The FBI closed the investigation into the anthrax letter attacks in the fall of 2001 that killed …

November 11, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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AIU Ph.D Asks: Could Invasive Species Become the Next Biological Weapon?

(MarketWatch) Roberge’s doctoral dissertation is entitled “Introduced Species as a Biological Weapon.” (Roberge is continuing his research on non-indigenous species and their potential use as biological weapons as well as biodefense).

November 10, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Biological Weapons
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Scientific Case Still Open On 2001 Anthrax Attacks

( NPR ) Army microbiologist Bruce Ivins, the FBI’s prime suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, died before his trial in an apparent suicide, and the case is now closed. John Dankosky and guests discuss new investigations that question whether scientific evidence against Ivins was conclusive enough to hold up in court.

November 2, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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Amerithrax review: Lessons for future investigations

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) When the National Academy of Sciences issued its review of the FBI anthrax investigation earlier this year, the press fixated primarily on one point: The report found no conclusive evidence that Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist the government contends was responsible for a series of anthrax-laced letters mailed in 2001, Read More »