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Chem-bio terrorist attacks a supplanted fad, says analysis

(Fierce Homeland Security) Terrorist attempts to launch chemical-biological based attacks on public transportation were a fad supplanted by a more realistic return to explosives in the latter part of the last decade, says a new analysis published this month by the Mineta Transportation Institute. The analysis examines 15 failed terrorist plots against public transportation in  Read More »

Webcast Hearing TODAY – Taking Measure of Countermeasures (Part 3): Protecting the Protectors

Washington, D.C. – The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, chaired by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), will hold a hearing entitled “Taking Measure of Countermeasures (Part 3): Protecting the Protectors” at 2 p.m. in Room 311 Cannon House Office Building. At tomorrow’s hearing, the Subcommittee will continue its examination of medical countermeasures for  Read More »

Could Bird Flu Be a Weapon? Dutch Law May Keep Flu Research Bottled Up

(Discover Magazine) But in a new, international twist, one of the papers is encountering another obstacle: NPR reported that the Netherlands-based team behind one of the studies is being stifled by Dutch law, which limits the export of technology that could be weaponized. So now there are two main questions about whether the flu research  Read More »

Scientist Blasts Feds on Bird Flu Briefing

(Global Security Newswire) A member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has suggested that a federal agency rigged the panel’s deliberations on two avian influenza virus studies last month so that the group would endorse unredacted release of the research, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported on Friday. The board  Read More »

Expert slams process for releasing bird flu studies; ‘kicked can down the road’

(Winnipeg Free Press) A member of the U.S. biosecurity panel that recently lifted its objections to the publication of two controversial bird flu studies has slammed the way the decision was reached, saying the meeting held to reconsider the issue was “one-sided” and designed to produce the eventual outcome. Michael Osterholm, a flu expert and  Read More »

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