Would you count a virus as life?
Interesting chicken and egg question.
That is a good question, actually...though I do not remember the source off the top of my head, but there is somewhere on the net a list of conditions that define life. I think I remember a virus positively correlates with some but not all of the definitions.
Though, in the context of your question, you are implying that somebody has created a virus (US government no doubt, HIV perhaps?)