Anthrax Case Renews Questions on Bioterror


Anthrax Case Renews Questions on Bioterror -- Eric Lipton and Scott Shane  -- New York Times  -- August 3, 2008
Chemical / Biological Warfare

The revelation that F.B.I. investigators believe that the anthrax attacks were carried out by Dr. Ivins, an Army biodefense scientist who committed suicide last week after he learned that he was about to be indicted for murder, has already re-ignited a debate: Has the unprecedented boom in biodefense research made the country less secure by multiplying the places and people with access to dangerous germs?

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