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In Georgia town, mixed reaction to alleged militia plot

(Reuters) Toccoa residents Samuel Crump, 68, and Ray Adams, 65, were charged with conspiring to manufacture ricin, a toxin extracted from beans that is fatal if swallowed or inhaled. Emory Dan Roberts, 67, also of Toccoa, and Frederick Thomas, 73, …

The LWOT: Georgia men charged with bioterrorism plot

(Foreign Policy) Four elderly men identified as Frederick Thomas, Dan Roberts, Ray Adams and Samuel Crump were arrested by FBI officers on November 1 in their hometown of Toccoa, Georgia for allegedly plotting to blow up government buildings and assassinate officials using ricin, a powerful toxin derived from castor beans

Old Weird America, ricin kooks and extremism

(Global Security) The geriatric Georgia ricin beans gang affords us a look at Old Weird America. It’s that dark place that has always been obsessed with self-protection and armaments and driven by paranoia and animosities toward government agency of any kind. …

Kansas State University, Dept of Biochemistry

(Chemical & Engineering News) The university’s Biosecurity Research Institute provides comprehensive Biosafety Level 3 and 3-Ag facilities for research on animal, plant, and human pathogens (http://www.bri.ksu.edu). The Department of Homeland Security's National Bio and …

Florida judge wants to unseal anthrax case documents dealing with scientist …

(Washington Post) A federal judge is asking why records should remain sealed in a soon-to-be-settled lawsuit over the death of a Florida man in the 2001 anthrax attacks. US District Judge Daniel TK Hurley says in court papers the public generally has access rights to …

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