[DGallandro]

What's kind of scary is the little tidbit about the Ames strain of Anthrax. Request denied, fortunately the article says. So the question remains: WTF is the Ames Strain, and why are we glad Saddam Insane didn't get it?

It also begs the next question: Could Saddam and his party-pastry crew of bioterroristas manage to find their butts in the dark with a flashlight and both hands long enough to develop a strain similar to Ames?

Who has these answers? Inquiring minds want to know.

And in the meantime, which filter should I be putting on my gas mask to keep out those spores?

Excuse me, I have to change my tinfoil hat now. Mind control waves, you know.

David

[MikeJG]

Could Saddam and his party-pastry crew of bioterroristas manage to find their butts in the dark with a flashlight and both hands long enough to develop a strain similar to Ames?

Absolutely. The head of the chemical/biological research was profiled on 60 minutes a while back and she is a brilliant scientest. Very much a zealot, too, whichi is a scary combination. I remember watching it thinking, "Now that's one person the CIA outta take out."