[Peace-discuss] Fwd: US biodefense program

[Margaret E. Kosal]

fyi.
The BAS article is fairly straightforward & written to be accessible to a 
non-technical audience.  Frustratingly for primary data addicts, it is 
devoid of data.
Have not yet read the CB Conventions Bulletin piece yet.

mek

>From: mark wheelis <mlwheelis at ucdavis.edu>
>Subject: US biodefense program
>
>Malcolm Dando and I have recently published an analysis in which we 
>suggest that the US concluded some time ago that chemical and biological 
>weapons proliferation was inevitable, that international treaties were 
>ineffectual in preventing such proliferation, and that a shift from 
>prevention to response was thus appropriate. This has been published in 
>two forms--one that is generally accessible to the nonspecialist, 
>published in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
>
>http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/2003/jf03/jf03wheelis.html
>
>and a version for those in the CBW arms control community, published in 
>the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions Bulletin
>
>http://fas-www.harvard.edu:80/~hsp/bulletin/cbwcb58.pdf
>
>We conclude that if we are correct, the US is taking the first steps 
>towards the military exploitation of biotechnology.