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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 58-66

  Wright, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 55449135276     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2968/060006013     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. See Milton Leitenberg, "Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism in the First Years of the 21st Century," Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 21, no. 2 (September 2002), pp. 12-18.
2. Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad, Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), pp. 237-41.
3. For a review of criticism and further analysis of Dark Winter, see Martin Enserink, "Bioterrorism: How Devastating Would a Smallpox Attack Really Be?" Science, vol. 296, no. 5573 (May 31, 2002), pp. 1592-95.
4. Ari Schuler, "Billions for Biodefense: Federal Agency Biodefense Funding, FY2001-FY2005," Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, vol. 2, no. 2 (2004).
5. Judith Miller, "New Biolabs Stir a Debate Over Secrecy and Safety," New York Times, February 20, 2004, pp. D1, 4.
6. For a survey of new high-containment facilities, see the Sunshine Project, "Rolling List of New/Upgraded U.S. Biodefense Facilities," August 5, 2003 (www.sunshine-project.org).
7. Alan Pearson, Department of Homeland Security, "Preventing Bioterrorist Attacks" (presentation, Student Pugwash USA National Symposium, Biology and Security, July 13, 2004).
8. Lois Ember, "Championing Technology to Thwart Terrorism," Chemical & Engineering News, September 29, 2003, pp. 19-23.
9. Lt. Col. George Korch, "Leading Edge of Biodefense: The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center" (lecture, 2004 Department of Defense Pest Management Workshop, Jacksonville Naval Air Station, February 9, 2004, www.cbwtransparency .org/archive/nbacc.pdf).
10. Elin Gursky and Michael Greenberger, "Suppose They Gave a Civilian Smallpox Vaccination Program - and (Almost) Nobody Came?" Institute Commentary, ANSER Institute for Homeland Security, February 20, 2004 (www.homelandsecurity.org/Hls/commentary/ gursky_smallpox_commentary_20feb04. html).
11. Gregory Lamb, "New Buffer for Bioterror's Tempest," Christian Science Monitor, July 1, 2004, p. 14.
12. JASON, "Biodetection Architectures," Report #JSR-02-330, February 2003.
13. Scott Shane, "Building a Stronger Mousepox to Guard Nation Against Terror; Some Scientists Decry Efforts to Alter Viruses to Make Them Deadlier," Baltimore Sun, November 1, 2003.
14. Miller, Engelberg, and Broad, Germs, pp. 308-10.
15. Shane, "Building a Stronger Mousepox."
16. Leitenberg, "Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism," pp. 3-27;
17. Milton Leitenberg, James Leonard, and Richard Spertzel, "Biodefense Crossing the Line," Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 22, no. 22 (September 2004), pp. 1-2.
18. Frank von Hippel, "Must We Have a BW Arms Race With Ourselves?" (final session, Princeton University Seminar Series: The Biodefense Challenge: How Should the Life-Science Research Community Respond? May 21, 2004).
19. Christopher Chyba and Alex Greninger raise a similar question in "Biotechnology and Bioterrorism: An Unprecedented World," Survival, Summer 2004, pp. 143-162.
20. Leitenberg, Leonard, and Spertzel, "Biodefense Crossing the Line."