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US develops lethal new viruses
New Scientist ^
| 19:00 29 October 03
| Staff
Posted on 10/29/2003 1:25:12 PM PST by glorgau
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator
To: Darnright
As of now. And what happens when we get some Bill Clinton type who shares this technology with other countries?Good question.
What's the answer? ;-)
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:09:34 PM PST
by
Scenic Sounds
(Me caigo a mis rodillas y hablo a las estrellas de plata. "¿Qué misterios usted está encubriendo?")
To: RussianConservative
"How this different then program of many other nation who constantly condemned for WMD work?"
The countries we want to stop WMD work, such as Iran and North Korea are either enemies of the United States, or enemies of our allies like Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
Nothing hypocritical about this - we want ourselves to be better armed than our possible military opponents.
PS: It's not clear this scientist was working for the US Government or working for an independent private laboratory.
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:22:34 PM PST
by
Pubbie
(Vote "No" On Recall, "Yes" On Bustamante)
To: RussianConservative
"How this different then program of many other nation who constantly condemned for WMD work?"Will you quit pointing out our double standards when we are trying to bring freedom to the world?
It comes down to who are you going to trust.
These guys? or...
Or the freely elected leadership and institutions of America?
OK, Well then just choose the lesser of the two evils. :)
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:40:09 PM PST
by
DannyTN
(Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
To: Centurion2000
Here's the thread on the Demon in the Freezer:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/598296/posts
To: aristeides
"How does research for offense differ from research for defense?"
There is a possibility that something like this is developed to head off a worse situation...think of mice as vectors of something we can't stop.
To: DannyTN
And what happen if mad bomber Clark become president of US next? Will all germs just go away?
To: Centurion2000
How hard to turn defense into offense if all it take is release?
To: Scenic Sounds
The adults are in charge of ours.Can you guarentee all future administration adult?
To: RussianConservative
Can you guarentee all future administration adult?No, of course not. ;-)
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:25:45 PM PST
by
Scenic Sounds
(Me caigo a mis rodillas y hablo a las estrellas de plata. "¿Qué misterios usted está encubriendo?")
To: RussianConservative
You sure do complain about the US boogeyman alot. Look just calm down, the United States is not going to attack other nations with germ warfare. End of story, ok? I mean what exactly is your line of thinking here? That we're gonna attack Russia with anthrax? Gimme a break.
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:33:19 PM PST
by
Chaseman
To: RussianConservative
How hard to turn defense into offense if all it take is release? Defense to offense requires retooling a production like to make the bio weapon and then altering the warheads to accept new weapons ... THEN release.
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:35:19 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Virtue untested is innocence)
To: BabaOreally
This is so bad. So stupid. Now that we've told the whole world how this works, any bio Grad student can do this "work" in a basement! Cat's out of the bag! The IL-4 mousepox stuff has been public for quite a while. My recollection is that it was done first by some researchers down in Australia.
My personal opinion is that 12 Monkeys probably got it right. If (when?) a species killer bug gets released, it will be a westerner that does it. You need a combination of ideology and capability.
There just aren't that many folks in the middle east with the labs and knowhow. But there's lots of hard-Greens in universities and some of them have molecular biology degrees. Wiping humans off the face of the Earth is, in their mind, a good thing.
OTOH, Islamists want to rule the world--wiping out the human race would stand in the way of that goal.
To: RussianConservative
I think we could worry about the situation in your neck of the woods as well...at least as likely to be problematic. I don't think either your nation or ours would use this stuff in offense because there are less dangerous, more effective and more advanced tools in our toolboxes (not to mention the cold war is over.) It's the rogue nations/powers that we have to watch and be prepared to defend against. It's a nasty situation.
To: tkathy
Sooner or later some terrorist will get their hands on this and our govt will whine and carry on. Too stupid.
Lessee ... they gave everything but the guy's phone number ... hope the lab security is better than most I saw when in college. ;-(
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posted on
10/29/2003 5:11:33 PM PST
by
Tunehead54
(Do not believe everything you read! Suspicious sources: NYT, WP, LAT. You have been warned.)
To: All
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posted on
10/29/2003 5:11:50 PM PST
by
Bob J
(www.freerepublic.net www.radiofreerepublic.com...check them out!)
To: Domestic Church
Again this remind of movie 12 Monkey
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
To: RussianConservative
911 justify creation of biological agent? How this different then program of many other nation who constantly condemned for WMD work?That's easy. With the regime changes brought on by 9/11, the US now has new potential clients to sell these things too! Isn't that wonderful?
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posted on
10/29/2003 6:50:01 PM PST
by
Held_to_Ransom
(Our forests are a disaster, especially where Uncle Sam cares for them.)
To: BabaOreally
Only kills mice? I like it. Is it better than barbait? We need one that only kills spiders, snakes and coyotees.
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