Two years after a report on the 2001 anthrax attacks was completed, the Pentagon has released parts of the unclassified document, which concludes that the nation is woefully ill-prepared to detect and respond to a bioterrorist assault.
In a sweeping assessment, the report identifies weaknesses in "almost every aspect of U.S. biopreparedness and response." But perhaps equally significant is the two-year battle over the Pentagon's refusal to release the study. That struggle highlights the growing tension between public access to information and the government's refusal to divulge anything it says terrorists could use to attack Americans.
NY Times article
In a sweeping assessment, the report identifies weaknesses in "almost every aspect of U.S. biopreparedness and response." But perhaps equally significant is the two-year battle over the Pentagon's refusal to release the study. That struggle highlights the growing tension between public access to information and the government's refusal to divulge anything it says terrorists could use to attack Americans.
You know of course that the Bush administration has done absolutely nothing to protect the citizens of the United States. The Bush administration has been far too busy enriching itself and its cronies by actually putting the citizens of the United States in far more danger than they've ever been in since the Revolutionary War. Either they figured they'd enrich themselves as much as possible in four years of ruining the country and take their money and run, or they figured they'd have total power by the end of their first term, and wouldn't need to be elected to a second. The latter is still doable. All it calls for is a Federal Emergency.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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