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010      2002191933 
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020    006052278X|qalkaline paper 
035    (OCoLC)51322855 
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050 00 RA644.A6|bT48 2003 
060 00 2003 F-772 
060 10 WC 305|bT474k 2003 
082 00 362.1/96956|221 
100 1  Thompson, Marilyn W. 
245 14 The killer strain :|banthrax and a government exposed /
       |cMailyn W. Thompson. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHarperCollins,|c[2003] 
264  4 |c©2003 
300    246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations ;
       |c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  In the field -- Red sky at morning -- Black clouds over 
       Detrick -- Enemies among us --  Walking wounded -- Attacks
       -- Index case -- Mountain streams and spin -- Media 
       madness -- Face of satan -- Neither snow, nor rain -- 
       Warning ignored -- Aftermath -- Patterns and puzzles -- 
       Too hot to handle -- Taking stock -- Person of Interest --
       Resignation and redemption -- Home again -- Notes -- 
       Acknowledgments -- Index. 
520    A lethal germ is unleashed in the U.S. mail. A chain of 
       letters spreads terror from Florida to Washington, from 
       New York to Connecticut, from the halls of the U.S. 
       Congress to the assembly lines of the U.S. Postal Service.
       Five people die and ten thousand more line up for 
       antibiotics to protect against exposure. A government 
       already outsmarted by the terrorist hijackers of 9/11 
       stumbles, leaving workers vulnerable and a diabolical 
       killer on the loose. The Killer Strain is the definitive 
       account of the year in which bioterrorism became a reality
       in the United States, exposing failures in judgment and a 
       flawed understanding of the anthrax bacteria's capacity to
       kill. With the pace and drama of fiction, this book goes 
       behind the scenes to examine the confused, often bungled 
       response by federal agencies to the anthrax attacks of 
       2001. It shows how the Bush administration's efforts to 
       control information and downplay risk led to mistakes that
       ultimately cost two postal workers their lives. Based on 
       hundreds of hours of interviews and a review of thousands 
       of pages of government documents, The Killer Strain 
       reveals unsung victims and heroes in the anthrax debacle. 
       It also examines the FBI's slow-paced investigation into 
       the crimes and the unprecedented scientific challenges 
       posed by the case. It looks into the coincidences of 
       timing and geography that spurred the FBI's scrutiny of 
       Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, a key "person of interest" for the 
       authorities. Hatfill, a medical researcher turned 
       "bioterror expert," proclaimed his innocence but spent 
       most of 2002 under round-the-clock FBI surveillance. The 
       Killer Strain is more than a thrilling read. It is a 
       clarion wake-up call. It shows how billions of dollars 
       spent and a decade of elaborate bioterror dress rehearsals
       meant nothing in the face of a real attack. 
650  0 Anthrax|zUnited States. 
650  0 Bioterrorism|zUnited States. 
650 12 Anthrax|zUnited States. 
650 22 Bioterrorism|zUnited States. 
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