Well to be honest I didn't until you mentioned it : )
Here is the money quote "How did Mr. Kucharek know that Yavuz Berke wouldn't toss something out of the window of that stolen plane? He was right over the bread basket of this country. A little something in powder form would have wiped out a goodly chunk of livestock and people. How did they KNOW he didn't have that capability?"
Hmm because it doesn't exist? What little bit of something thrown out over vacant farmland could wipe out a chunk of livestock and people? I don't think I will hold my breath waiting for an answer. Ebola? Anthrax? Ricin? I don't think so. It is hard to think of a worse delivery method.
LOL! You reminded me of my very first Tac Eval when I was an Army butterbar. While I was briefing the Wing Commander (Hahn AB) on our air defense positions, an input came in that Ramstein had been hit with a nonpersistent nerve agent.
The Base Disaster Preparedness Officer, an AF Captain, recommended that the entire base go to Alarm Red, which meant that everybody would have to don all of their protective gear. To put it mildly, normal operations would have been severely impeded. Before the Wing Cdr could say anything, I piped up "may I make a recommendation, sir?"
"Sir, I recommend Alarm Yellow (no masks) for the following reasons:"
"1. Ramstein is at least 60 miles east of us, the winds are westerly."
"2. It's raining like hell outside, so the stuff is virtually harmless."
The Wing Commander said, "I like your idea, LT...Alarm Yellow it is." As he said that, I could see the Chief Evaluator nodding his head.
Thirty minutes later, I heard the Wing Cdr say "I want that Army LT up here whenever there's an NBC input."