A biological researcher puts on her Biosafety Level 4 suit inside an infectiousdisease lab at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md.
From FOX News:
President-elect Barack Obama's plans to combat bioterrorism have yet to address the future of high-security labs in the country that handle the most deadly viruses like Ebola, anthrax, smallpox and the plague.
Some of the deadliest viruses and bacteria known to mankind -- Ebola, anthrax, smallpox and the plague -- are housed on American soil in facilities known as Biosafety Level (BSL) 4 labs. But concern is growing about the safety of these labs following last week's alarming report by a congressional panel that predicts terrorists are "likely" to deploy biological or nuclear weapons in the next five years.
And the greatest bio-terror concern appears to be whether America"s BSL-4 facilities could be the source of a first strike.
That vulnerability came to light in an incendiary October report from the Government Accountability Office that revealed inadequate security systems at two of five BSL-4 facilities inspected, though the Centers for Disease Control disputes the findings.
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My Comment: This is America's Achilles heel .... and I can bet you that Al Qaeda and its supporters know that.
