[David Hunter]

Checkout: US spies monitor whisky plant

Also, see the article in post 145.

During World War I, the microbiologist Chaim Weizmann cultured large quantities of Clostridium acetobutylicum in Nicholson’s gin distillery in England, in order to produce acetone which was desperately needed to make the explosive cordite. It would be just as easy to culture similar volumes of Clostridium botulinum in a distillery, this bacterium produces botulin - the most deadly toxin known to mankind - which would make a very potent biological weapon.

Obviously, its rather unlikely that a respectable Scottish distillery would ever be taken over by the kind of people who would do that, but perhaps the DTRA got a bit carried away!

[GOPJ]

During World War I, the microbiologist Chaim Weizmann cultured large quantities of Clostridium acetobutylicum in Nicholson’s gin distillery in England, in order to produce acetone which was desperately needed to make the explosive cordite. It would be just as easy to culture similar volumes of Clostridium botulinum in a distillery, this bacterium produces botulin - the most deadly toxin known to mankind - which would make a very potent biological weapon. Obviously, its rather unlikely that a respectable Scottish distillery would ever be taken over by the kind of people who would do that, but perhaps the DTRA got a bit carried away!

Thanks. I love it when facts get in the way of opinion! And it's interesting...

[Stoat]

Thanks very much for your research and your post....very interesting and relevant.
I am so accustomed to lies and half-truths from the MSM that I was a bit too quick to assume that the Secret Service part of the article was so much hooey....they typically busy themseelves with protection of the President and the currency and leave such things as this to the CIA / NSA, etc.
I'm glad to see that they were on their toes in this case and I'm surprised that we haven't been hearing about "Bush's Brownshirts Harassing Tiny Scottish Distillery!!!" from the Left.....I suppose they simply missed this one back in 2003 as most of the rest of us did.