[bonesmccoy]

I'm not trying to create paranoia. I'm trying to figure out how to prevent a foreign power from using infectious disease to threaten us.

We have no need to be "paranoid".

We do have reason to be concerned with BT weapons.

The rational response is to look at the biological contants and build lab/clinical capabilities to match the identified constants.

This analysis needs to be done in order to safeguard our populace.

[Paleo Conservative]

I'm not trying to create paranoia. I'm trying to figure out how to prevent a foreign power from using infectious disease to threaten us.

The bad thing about bioterrorism is how cheap it is compared to terrorism using other WMD. At least nuclear weapons require huge investments of billions of dollars in exotic equipment. Biological weapons can be made using fairly inexpensive equipment obtained from mail order catalogs.