I totally agree with everything in #43. It's just my bias that I believe in the competence of private anthrax researchers, and their ability to keep a military strain of anthrax out of the wrong hands. (I prefer a thief, and preferably one from Detrick, since that's my bet:-))
I'll be away from my terminal for a few days, but will check the thread when I return.
Thanks.
I think your bias is based on faith because the record certainly doesn't support it.
Of course many of the so-called "private" organizations are really government proprietaries.
Hope you had a nice rest away from the addictive Internet.