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A decade after anthrax attacks, US biodefenses need improvement

(The Star-Ledger) Ten years after envelopes containing anthrax spores were dropped into a mailbox in Princeton, we still have a long way to go to improve our nation’s biodefenses. …

November 21, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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Court Rejects Militia Members’ Bail Request

(GSN Daily News) A federal court on Wednesday rejected a bail request by four men charged with scheming to build crude bombs and develop deadly biological toxins for use in attacks against government officials, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Nov. 16). Samuel Crump and Ray Adams are accused of taking steps to produce ricin. Read More »

November 18, 2011
| Filed under Bioterrorism
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Georgia Militia Members to Seek Bail Release

The four elderly Georgia men accused of scheming to build crude bombs and develop deadly biological toxins for use in attacks against government officials are scheduled on Wednesday to submit in federal court a request to be released on bail, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Nov. 10; Greg Bluestein, Associated Press I/Boston Globe, Nov. Read More »

November 17, 2011
| Filed under North America and Bioterrorism
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Feds to reveal more details in plot by 4 Ga. militia suspects

(Washington Post) Authorities also charged 55-year-old Ray Adams and 68-year-old Samuel Crump with conspiring and attempting to make ricin, a biological toxin. The four men have pleaded not guilty and their relatives say the charges are baseless. …

November 16, 2011
| Filed under North America and Bioterrorism
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We Are Still Not Ready

(New York Times) Wil Hylton’s article “How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism?” raised important concerns about how hard it is to protect the country from naturally occurring and man-made biological threats. He outlined how the lack of profitability and the bureaucratic …