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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 …

Militia Group Likely Incapable of Launching Ricin Strikes, Expert Says

(GSN Daily News) The four Georgia militia members accused of plotting to develop and use ricin in attacks meant to undermine federal and state governments likely would have been unsuccessful in creating a viable weapon of mass destruction, even if their plans had not been disrupted by the FBI, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday  Read More »

Ricin plot

(Washington Post) From al-Qaeda to neo-Nazis, numerous hate groups have fantasized of pulling off a deadly terrorist attack using the highly lethal extract of the castor bean known as ricin. None has ever succeeded in carrying out such plans. …

GAO Urges Focus on Local, State Capabilities in Biothreat Detection Plan

(GSN Daily News) A U.S. biological threat detection strategy now being prepared should aim to better coordinate relevant activities by state and local governments, the Government Accountability Office said in a report published on Tuesday (see GSN, Oct. 20). Representatives of states and local jurisdictions described four categories of key federal health readiness support they  Read More »

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