[Prunetacos]

weaponize: Make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon (wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn) To make into a weapon; To make more effective as a weapon (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weaponize)

[Perdogg]

ping

[Perdogg]

related

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/86/i34/8634notw1.html

[FortWorthPatriot]

For a second there I thought the title read “Secret Santa.”

[Wonder Warthog]

Can you say “drastic overhype”. There is nothing “nanotech” about the methods used. It is plain old electron microscopy, as done in dozens of labs around the world on a daily basis. I suspect Sandia was used more for their security clearances than for the technology.

[PGalt]

Thanks for the post; link. Interesting. Ping.

[BigBobber]

The headline does not match the article. There is nothing in it about determining the anthrax origin. Three of the samples looked alike under high magnification. Nothing more, nothing less.

[ZACKandPOOK]

The FBI’s position is that he did not follow instructions had not been given.

QUESTION: Was he the only person submitted before the subpoena was sent out?

BACKGROUND OFFICIAL: Yes. He was the only one.
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BACKGROUND OFFICIAL: Let me clarify something first here. The first sample that he submitted was rejected because it was outside of the subpoena process. It didn’t comply with the full instructions of the subpoena.

[ZACKandPOOK]

DR. MAJIDI: The total body — the total universe of people at some point were associated with RMR-029 — I’ll qualify that. Roughly, about 100-plus.

QUESTION: Hundred-plus. Were those all at Detrick, or other labs —

DR. MAJIDI: No, they were at Detrick and other labs.

Comment:

OTHER LABS. Plural. Not one other lab as some press reports mistakenly reported. Labs. Not 100. About 100-plus. Plus means “more than 100.”