----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:24 PM Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
> I was thinking along the lines of terrorists in the country who managed > to pick up the materials from an incoming cargo container. But I don't > know enough details about whether that would be possible. Do you? OK, if it is simply a question of getting biological or chemical weapons into the hands of terrorists, then I'd agree that techniques similar to the ones that get illegal drugs into the country may very well work...with the caveat that drug smugglers may very well draw the line at WMD smuggling and turn the guys in. They'd have to emulate instead of use those channels, I think. I know when we got a table through a cargo company many years ago, we had to go down near the docks and go through customs to get it. I cannot imagine being able to slip a whole container pass customs just without them noticing. But, I will not argue that biological weapons cannot be smuggled into the country. If one white powder can be smuggled in, another can. Containers are important for atomic bombs because they can go off and be effective while still waiting to clear customs. Dispersing is always a problem. Look at the low fatality rate for saron gas in Japan in that attack. IIRC, the mail system now irradiates letters. I think that a biological or chemical weapon would be a WMF (Weapon of Mass Fear) not a WMD. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
