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Fueling Paranoia Fueling Paranoia
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In the Darkness of Night In the Darkness of Night
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Spinning Out of Control Spinning Out of Control
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Threats that Aren't Threats that Aren't
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What Supporters Say What Supporters Say
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Off in the Wrong Direction Off in the Wrong Direction
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Let a Thousand Lethal Flowers Bloom Let a Thousand Lethal Flowers Bloom
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A Manhattan Project for Your Town A Manhattan Project for Your Town
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Guards, Guns, and Gates: The Select Agent Rules Guards, Guns, and Gates: The Select Agent Rules
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Security Bites Back Security Bites Back
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Witch Hunt Witch Hunt
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Our Conclusions Our Conclusions
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Five Paranoia Begets Permissiveness
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Published:October 2009
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Abstract
The U.S. biodefense program has been going along a dangerous path for two overarching reasons of paranoia and permissiveness that make strange relations. When each of them is taken alone, they can lead to dire consequences and when taken together they can lead to worse endings. Paranoia is the keystone in government's political policy of instilling fear to maintain a strong image in the war on terror. BioShield 2004 was the first act passed by Congress to provide billions in funding directed to countermeasures for bioweapons agents, but its rules and related federal agency strategy prevented the development of countermeasures. U.S. scientists are working in force on countermeasures for real and imagined bioweapons. As the number of researchers in biosafety laboratories increases, access to biological weapons agents and training in their skilled use increases. This markedly increases the risk of politically disaffected or mentally unstable lab workers exploiting these agents for hostile purposes.
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