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Combatting Terrorism: Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks
Described general evaluation of the threat of BW. Included overview of the analyses of most likely BW foreign-threats from the intelligence community (classified files).
Report of the Second Session of the Scientific Advisory Board
This report of the Scientific Advisory Board discusses ricin production, the meaning of "production by synthesis", a progress report on CW destruction matters, and a few other issues.
Working Paper Submitted by Argentina
This paper classifies biological agents contained on the BWC weapons agent lists.
Assessment of the Emerging Biocruise Threat
From the USAF Counterproliferation Papers. Discusses the attempt by rogue nations to acquire land-attack crew missiles (LACMs).
Bioterrorism, 2001
In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations discusses US preparedness for a bioterrorism event in a series of hearings over a few weeks.
The Threat of Bioterrorism and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
This hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations held two panels to discuss the threat of biological weapons use and emerging infectious diseases, calling on experts in both fields. The first panel was centered on a smallpox simulation known as…
Foot and Mouth Disease: To Protect U.S Livestock, USDA Must Remain Vigilant and Resolve Outstanding Issues
This report discusses the dangers to livestock of foot and mouth disease and whether or not we can prevent it in the US following an outbreak in the UK.
Next Generation Bioweapons: The Technology of Genetic Engineering Applied to Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
From the USAF Counterproliferation Papers. The author provides accounts of genetic engineering experiments performed in Soviet Russia's BW program and then discusses the future potentialities of biological weapons offensively and defensively.
Public Health Assessment of Potential Biological Terrorism Agents
Presented risk ranking system that broke agents into three tiers: A, B, and C.
NIAID Research Agenda for CDC Category A Agents
This progress report details the progress of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases towards the recommendations made by the Blue Ribbon Panel on Bioterrorism and Its Implications for Biomedical Research in February 2002. These…
Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons
The report assesses the health aspects of the threat of biological and chemical weapons, including specific agents, focusing on civilian impacts. It then makes recommendations for preparedness and prevention of attacks.
Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents: An Assessment Framework and Preliminary Comparisons
This report assesses the threat posed by small-scale terrorist attacks using biological, chemical, and toxin agents rather than traditional risk assessments which focus on mass casualty attacks.
Assessing the Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism Threat
Author examines U.S. biodefense program and threats coming from foreign BW weapons programs. They take a specific look at the potentialities of bioweapons in the hands of terrorists and nonstate actors.
Biodefense: Next Steps
This hearing before the Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness discusses the threat to US security posed by bioterrorism.
Engineering Bio-Terror Agents: Lessons from the Offensive US and Russian Biological Weapons Programs
This is a hearing before the Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack to address the biological threat and to assess the role of the DHS in preventing bioterrorism in the US.
Twenty-First Century Biological Threats
This hearing before the Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness aims to assess current biological threats in order to decide the necessary countermeasures to be developed.