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Court Restricts Withdrawal of Anthrax Mailings Statements

A U.S. federal court on Monday required the Justice Department to “show good cause” for its request to withdraw legal statements that appeared to question evidence critical to a federal investigation’s conclusions on the 2001 anthrax mailings, three news organizations said on Wednesday in a collaborative report published by McClatchy Newspapers (see GSN, July 21). Read More »

July 29, 2011
| Filed under North America and Policy & Initiatives
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Norway Killer Claims Allies Are Attempting to Acquire WMD

The man who has acknowledged carrying out last week’s mass killings in Norway claimed in his online treatise that he was allied with other right-wight militant groups, some of whom he said were pursuing acquisition of unconventional weapons, the Federation of American Scientists noted on Wednesday (see GSN, July 27). Anders Breivik, who has claimed Read More »

July 28, 2011
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, and Bioterrorism
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U.S. House Panel Endorses Biodefense Legislation

A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Tuesday endorsed a bill that would reauthorize key federal biodefense programs, including the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and Project Bioshield (see GSN, July 25). The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced it had signed off on the legislation to renew the 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Read More »

July 28, 2011
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Norway Killer Wrote of Anthrax Attacks

The man who confessed to carrying out last week’s bombing and mass shooting in Norway wrote at length on the potential for waging biowarfare with anthrax, though specialists said there was no indication he possessed or was prepared to use the deadly pathogen, the New York Times reported on Tuesday (see GSN, May 18). “He Read More »

July 28, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, and Bioterrorism
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DHS active in protecting against agro-terrorism

(Video) Dairy Herd Management – In a recent interview with AgriTalk Radio, Doug Meckes, director of Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense, Department of Homeland Security, says protection of the nation’s agriculture industry and food safety is a high priority. The interview was conducted at the American Veterinary Medical Association convention held last week in St. Read More »