Technical intelligence in retrospect: The 2001 anthrax letters powder?

International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-105

  Shoham, Dany ^a   Jacobsen, Stuart M ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Field of solid state electronics   (United States)

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EID: 43249133355     PISSN: 08850607     EISSN: 15210561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08850600600889027     Document Type: Article

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