Avian flu is probably not the one to bring us down.
But with bio-technology spreading so rapidly today, it is only a matter of time before an engineered virus is deliberately or accidently released and then movie fiction becomes fact.
In my mind, this is the most important reason why it is time to kick out the dictators and for democracy to be "installed" in every country.
Why has Ken Alibek fallen off the radar screen? I saw him quoted a couple of days ago in an article on WND, it was the FIRST time he's made a "public appearance" (to my knowledge) in several years.
Used to be he was "in the news" regularly, if not daily! Interviews, "talking head" shows, various articles, etc.
Some time after 911 the one person perhaps the most in-demand for various topical subjects has been "unexisted" for all intents and purposes.
Makes no sense, unless he's been engaged in stuff SO frightening, and SO highly classified that he is required to keep a VERY low profile (as in essentially nonexistent).
Too weird.
Presumably, he made some nontrivial income via speaking fees and whatnot, so you'd think that his public profile would have become HIGHER, rather than nonexistent!
Something simply does not add up. And given "the above", I found his recent comments (and moreso, the fact that he was commenting) to be somewhat ominous.