Are you suggesting our government wastes time on every OBVIOUSLY FALSE rumor?
I've got a better idea. Those of us who can see that this is pure bull can be entertained by those of you who are peeing their pants!
What does anyone know about this source? Is it likely that they would receive a bonanza such as this from U.S. intel who would be the ones in possession of the original document? If this was possessing the slightest substance then I'd be very worried to be in Iraq as bin Laden makes no bones about the source of his smorgasbord of plagues.
There's enough to worry about, including the possibility of smallpox, without getting bent out of shape over this doomsday scenario.