[CPEO-MEF] BIOWEAPONS: Lab security report

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Military Intelligence - Biolab security, safety report available


By Justin Palk
Frederick News-Post (MD)
May 14, 2009


The Army has released the edited text of the report the armed forces 
generated last year on the security of military biodefense labs.

The Frederick News-Post obtained a copy of the report under the Freedom 
of Information Act.

The Army started work on the report after the Department of Justice 
identified a Fort Detrick microbiologist as its lead suspect in the 2001 
anthrax mailings. The investigation was later expanded to cover all 13 
of the armed forces' labs that handle biological select agents.

Biological select agents include pathogens such as anthrax and Ebola, 
which pose a severe threat to human health.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/reporters_notebooks_display.htm?StoryID=90223

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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