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TERROR BY HOAX

On bioterrorism hoaxes, threats, and responses:

“APIC Bioterrorism Task Force, Bioterrorism Readiness Plan: A Template for Healthcare Facilities,” report presented at conference on bioterrorism, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD, June 24, 1999.

Avila, Oscar and Christine Vendel. “KC Hit by Scare Over Anthrax,”
The Kansas City Star
, February 23, 1999.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Bioterrorism Alleging Use of Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Management—United States, 1998,”
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
, Atlanta, GA, February 5, 1999.

Cole, Leonard A. “Bioterrorism Threats: Learning from Inappropriate Responses,”
Public Health Management and Practice
, July 2000.

Dolnik, Adam and Jason Pate. “2001 WMD Terrorism Chronology,” Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, September 12, 2002.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, WMD Operations Unit. “Anthrax Advisory,”
www.emergency.com/fbiantrx.htm
,
posted December 1998.

Federal Emergency Management Agency. U. S. Fire Administration,
Fire Department Response to Biological Threat at B’nai B’rith Headquarters
, Washington, DC, April 1997.

Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department. “After Action Report, 1001 E. 47
th
Street (Planned Parenthood),” interdepartmental communication, March 1, 1999.

Smith, E.N. “Two Packages Purporting to Contain Anthrax Cause Disruptions,”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, February 4, 1999.

Wald, Matthew L. “Suspicious Package Prompts 8-Hour Vigil at B’nai B’rith,”
The New York Times
, April 25, 1997.

On anthrax hoax perpetrators:

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Statement by Jeffrey J. Berkin, Assistant Special Agent, before the House Committee on Governmental Reform, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, July 1, 2002.

Jones, Meg. “Anthrax Hoaxes Continue in Milwaukee, Racine,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, January 12, 2000.

Moreno, E. Mark. “Worker in Court Over Anthrax Call,”
San Jose Mercury News
, January 1, 1999.

Rosenzweig, David. “Accountant Fined for Anthrax Hoax,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 22, 1999.

“Two Teens Convicted of Felonies in Anthrax Hoax,” Associated Press,
The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
(Kentucky), March 10, 1999.

On Clayton Lee Waagner and hoax terrorism:

“Clayton Lee Waagner Apprehended,”
Anti-Abortion Violence Watch
, February 25, 2002.

Horsley, Neal. “Clayton Waagner Explains How and Why He Sent Hundreds of Fake Anthrax Letters to the Abortion Industry in the USA,”
www.christiangallery.com/waagneranthrax.htm
, December 2, 2001.

Roddy, Dennis B. “Abortion Clinic Stalker Arrested in Ohio,”
Post-Gazette
(Pittsburgh, PA), December 6, 2001.

Slobodzian, Joseph A. “Suspect Indicted for Threatening Abortion Clinics with Anthrax,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, September 19, 2002.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. U.S.A. v. Clayton Lee Waagner, indictment, September 2002.

WHO DID IT?

On the supposition of a domestic perpetrator:

Broad, William J. and Judith Miller. “Anthrax Inquiry Looks at U.S. Labs,”
The New York Times
, December 2, 2001.

Couzin, Jennifer. “Unconventional Detective Bears Down on a Killer,”
Science
, August 23, 2002.

Ember, Lois. “An Intellectual Provocateur; Chemist Barbara Hatch Rosenberg Has Been Active in Pivotal Societal Issues for Over Two Decades,”
Chemical and Engineering News
, April 1, 2002.

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Amerithrax Press Briefing, “Linguistic/Behavioral Analysis of Anthrax Letters,” Washington, DC,
www.fbi.gov/anthrax/amerithrax.htm
, posted November 9, 2001.

“Focus of U.S. Anthrax Probe Is Domestic—Ridge,” Reuters, January 13, 2002.

Kristof, Nicholas D. “Profile of a Killer,”
The New York Times
, January 4, 2002.

Kristof, Nicholas D. “Connecting Deadly Dots,”
The New York Times
, May 24, 2002.

Kristof, Nicholas D. “Anthrax? The F.B.I. Yawns,”
The New York Times
, July 2, 2002.

Kristof, Nicholas D. “The Anthrax Files,”
The New York Times
, July 12, 2002.

Kristof, Nicholas D. “Case of the Missing Anthrax,”
The New York Times
, July 19, 2002.

Kristof, Nicholas D. “The Anthrax Files,”
The New York Times
, August 13, 2002.

Lemann, Nicholas. “The Anthrax Culprit,”
The New Yorker
, March 18, 2002.

Miller, Judith and William J. Broad. “F.B.I. Has a ‘Short List’ of Names in Its Anthrax Case, the U.S. Says,”
The New York Times
, February 26, 2002.

Nass, Meryl. “In Search of the Anthrax Attacker,”
www.redflags.com
, posted February 11, 2002.

Rosenberg, Barbara Hatch. Federation of American Scientists, “A Compilation of Evidence and Comments on the Source of the Mailed Anthrax,”
www.fas.org
, posted November 12, 2001, revised December 10, 2001.

Rosenberg, Barbara Hatch. Federation of American Scientists, “Analysis of the Source of the Anthrax Attacks,”
www.fas.org
, posted January 17, 2002.

Rosenberg, Barbara Hatch. Federation of American Scientists, “Is the FBI Dragging Its Feet?”
www.fas.org
,
posted February 5, 2002.

Shane, Scott. “Bioterrorism Riddle, $1.25 Million Reward Stimulates Interest,”
The Baltimore Sun
, January 6, 2002.

On Steven Hatfill:

Altimari, Dave, Jack Dolan, and David Lightman. “The Case of Dr. Hatfill: Suspect or Pawn?”
The Hartford Courant
, June 27, 2002.

Dishneau, David. “Anthrax Probe Back Near Hatfill’s Ex-Home,” Associated Press, January 27, 2003.

Rozen, Laura. “Who Is Steven Hatfill?”
The American Prospect
, June 27, 2002.

Schemo, Diana Jean. “Weapons Expert Attacks F.B.I. and Ashcroft on Anthrax Inquiry,”
The New York Times
, August 26, 2002.

On the supposition of a foreign connection:

Bhatt, Sanjay, Eliot Kleinberg, and Alice Gregory. “Anthrax, Al-Qaeda Linked by Leg Sore?”
The Palm Beach Post
, March 24, 2002.

Fainaru, Steve. “Officials Continue to Doubt Hijackers’ Link to Anthrax; Fla. Doctor Says He Treated One for Skin Form of Disease,”
The Washington Post
, March 24, 2002.

Gordon, Michael R. “U.S. Says It Found Qaeda Lab Being Built to Produce Anthrax,”
The New York Times
, March 23, 2002.

Tell, David. “Remember Anthrax? Despite the Evidence, the FBI Won’t Let Go of Its ‘Lone American’ Theory,”
The Weekly Standard
, April 29, 2002.

U.S. House of Representatives. Testimony of Richard O. Spertzel, “Russia, Iraq, and Other Potential Sources of Anthrax, Smallpox, and Other Bioterrorist Weapons,” before the House Committee on International Relations. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, December 5, 2001.

U.S. House of Representatives. Testimony of Richard O. Spertzel, “State of the Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Program,” before the House Armed Services Committee. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, September 10, 2002.

Woolsey, R. James. “The Iraq Connection,”
The Wall Street Journal
, October 18, 2001.

10
 
LOOSE ENDS
Contamination
 

Belluck, Pam. “Anthrax Outbreak of ’57 Felled a Mill but Yielded Answers,”
The New York Times
, October 27, 2001.

Bushouse, Kathy. “Congress Agrees to Buy, Clean Up Anthrax-Tainted AMI Building,”
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
, February 14, 2003.

Covert, Norman M.
Cutting Edge: A History of Fort Detrick, Maryland, 1943-1993
, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Detrick, MD, 1993.

Fernandez, Manny. “A Patient Assault on Anthrax,”
The Washington Post
, December 18, 2002.

Fernandez, Manny. “No Anthrax Spores Found at Brentwood,”
The Washington Post
, March 5, 2003.

Harrison, David. “Legacy of Fear on Blighted Anthrax Island,”
The Daily Telegraph
, October 14, 2001.

Lipman, Larry. “Utah Congressman Fights Anthrax Building Deal,”
The Palm Beach Post
, February 11, 2003.

Pearson, Graham S. “Gruinard Island Returns to Civil Use,”
The ASA Newslettter
, no. 86, Applied Science and Analysis, Inc., Portland, ME, 2001.

“Reopening of Senate Building Is Delayed,”
The New York Times
, January 18, 2002.

Schmid, Randolph E. “Anthrax Cleanup Set at D.C. Postal Facility: Price Tag Put at $22 Million,”
The Record
(Hackensack, NJ), June 16, 2002.

Shane, Scott. “Anthrax Fighters Await Outcome. Brentwood: After Months of Preparation, the $100 Million Fumigation of the D.C. Mail-Sorting Center is Done. Will Tests Show the Toxic Spores Have All Been Killed?”
The Baltimore Sun
, December 27, 2002.

Winston, Sherie. “D.C. Anthrax Cleanup Cost Jumps 80%,”
Industry Headlines
(McGraw-Hill Construction), October 17, 2002.

Biopreparedness
 

Altman, Lawrence K. and Gina Kolata. “Anthrax Missteps Offer Guide to Fight Next Bioterror Battle,”
The New York Times
, January 6, 2002.

Davidson, Keay. “U.S. Gears Up for Smallpox Threat: Nation Is Much Better Prepared Than It Was Last Year, Official Says,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, December 6, 2002.

Eban, Katherine. “Waiting for Bioterror,”
The Nation
, December 9, 2002.

Hart, Gary and Warren B. Rudman, Co-chairs, “America Still Unprepared—America Still in Danger,” report of an Independent Task Force, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY, 2002.

Meckler, Laura. “Nation Makes Major Strides, Yet Much Work Remains, in Preparing for Bioterrorism,” Associated Press, September 18, 2002.

Miller, Judith. “U.S. Deploying Monitor System for Germ Peril,”
The New York Times
, January 22, 2003.

Shapira, Shmuel C. and Joshua Shemer. “Medical Management of Terrorist Attacks,”
Israel Medical Association Journal
, July 2002.

Reasserting the Norm
 

Chevrier, Marie Isabelle. “Waiting for Godot or Saving the Show? The BWC Review Conference Reaches Modest Agreement,”
Disarmament Diplomacy
, December 2002-January 2003.

Cole, Leonard A. “The Poison Weapons Taboo: Biology, Culture, and Policy,”
Politics and the Life Sciences
, September 1998.

Hay, Robin. “Humanitarian Ceasefires: An Examination of Their Potential Contribution to the Resolution of Conflict,” Working Paper 28, Institute for Peace and Security, Ottawa, Ontario, July 1990.

Higgins, Alexander G. “Group Suspends Negotiations After U.S. Pullout,” Associated Press,
North County Times
(San Diego County, CA), August 4, 2001.

Vittachi, Varindra Tarzie.
Between the Guns: Children as a Zone of Peace
. London: Hodden and Stoughton, 1993.

Walker, John R.
Orphans of the Storm: Peacebuilding for Children of War
. Toronto: Between the Lines, 1993.

Wheelis, Marc and Malcolm Dando, “Back to Bioweapons?,”
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, January/February 2003.

United Nations. Highlights of press conference by Tibor Tóth, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group of States Parties to the Convention on Biological Weapons, Palais Des Nations, Geneva, July 25, 2001.

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