[hipaatwo]

Some of the research falls within what many arms-control experts say is a legal gray zone, skirting the edges of an international treaty outlawing the production of even small amounts of biological weapons.

[MJY1288]

This lab is less than 15 miles from where I live, and I really don't appreciate the Washington Post exposing this critical operation to help keep us safe.

The Left is treasonous, there is no other explanation for their willingness to expose our national security secrets

[hipaatwo]

Ping

[dr_lew]

Gee, anthrax ... anthrax - wasn't there something about anthrax one time?

I've always harbored a notion that this came from Iraq, and we knew it but couldn't actually prove it - hence WMD.

Maybe I should teach a course on Islam at Wisconson.

[PghBaldy]

Wouldn't one have to culture "bugs" to do research on cures and vaccines? If this is true, and if this would be banned under treaties, then we have a problem (US vs treaties).

[Jameison]

" because the Bush administration intends to operate the facility largely in secret"

Won't remain secret for much longer if the treasonous, Al Qaueda loving Washington Post has anything to say about it.

[RegulatorCountry]

Ft. Detrick was mentioned numerous times during the post-9/11 anthrax scares. Maybe the level of detail here is new news, but the identity and location of the facility is not.

[sageb1]

Fort Detrick, the home of questionable experimentation.

[Darkwolf377]

The government is building a highly classified facility to research biological weapons, but its closed-door approach has raised concerns.

Among terrorists.

[coconutt2000]

Some of the research falls within what many arms-control experts say is a legal gray zone, skirting the edges of an international treaty outlawing the production of even small amounts of biological weapons.

It is an interesting grey area that hinges on the definition of an infectious biological agent as a weapon, even when it isn't being made for deployment as a weapon.

Intent and the safeguards against abuse make all the difference. In our hands, I trust that the agents are being used for the purpose of combatting bioweapons. In the hands of most other countries, I'd be less understanding. Russia worries me some. I doubt they've stopped research in actually weaponizing biological agents. China and every Muslim country are also highly suspect. Ourselves, I'm sure we've designed our fair share of bioweapons in the process of trying to figure out how to counter them. I don't think we're currently building bioweapons for deployment though. Bioweapons are finicky and hard to control. They're typically weapons of genocide.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Andromeda Strain - Captain Tripps

[Niuhuru]

The biggest problem in this country are the drama-seeking idiots who cannot go by without turning everything on this earth into one big article with an exclamation mark at the end. It's getting really beyond irritating. I can't wait until they begin to die off.

[backhoe]

I have not posted this in a while-- FYI, FWIW:

Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II

[RaceBannon]

Is there any difference between this and the New York Times revealing things??

[TomGuy]

Reminds me of the stories of the 'not-so secret' bunker where the 'shadow government' was sent after the 9-11 attacks.

I still chuckle when I recall Tommy Daschle whining that he 'didn't know nothing about no secret bunker and shadow government' -- until someone whispered in his ear, 'you are standing in it.'

MSM even published some pix of the general bunker area.

[AmericanChef]

-The government is building a highly classified facility to research biological weapons, but its closed-door approach has raised concerns.-

"Highly classified"?? Apparently not high enough. And, the whole point of "high classification" is to GET a closed door in there...somewhere...if possible...oh, never mind. Let's just broadcast all our secrets on TV and get it over with. Not that you can really hide a building in progress, but I'm going to guess the Compost got their hands on a detailed blueprint and will pass it along to our enemies any day now.

[RDTF]

Although the research may seem questionable to the WashCompost, I don't really think this is new news. They always announced that the guy that was the anthrax suspect worked at Ft Dietrich, and how they have a similar facilty there already working with anthrax, etc.

[ßuddaßudd]

Dont eat any of the fish from the ponds on Detrick either.
(i used to live in amber meadows)

[Daus]

the Bush administration is building a massive biodefense laboratory

They reveal themselves in the language. The 'Bush Administration' is not building a massive biodefense lab... The United States is. They feel better pretending to just betray 'Bush', not the country.

[proudofthesouth]

I thought there already was a lab such as this on an island off the New England coast somewhere.