|
Featured Papers from Direct Essays
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is a preview of a paper to view the full text you need to signup and login.
|
terror
|
|
|
Even before the attacks of September 11th, Congress was being lobbied for change in our nation’s laws on the possession of biological agents. Before 2001, “there was no prohibition on any individual possessing any biological agents regardless of their lethality or whether the individual has a legitimate use for the agents,” as expressed by the Chief of the Domestic Terrorism Section of the FBI, Mr. Robert Burnham, in a statement to the House of Representatives. Additionally, he cites various cases of people who obtained different types of lethal biological agents that could have caused significant damage unless their plans to be used had been thwarted . The shortcomings in our domestic defense against terrorism and our ability to recognize and handle a bioterrorist threat were exposed on September 11th and the following months, respectfully. The attacks of September 11th illustrated an overall unpreparedness, but the subsequent anthrax attacks in our country revealed an even deeper threat. In the fall of 2001, after the attacks of September 11th, there was a deliberate release of anthrax spores in the United States postal system. There were a total of twenty-two cases that resulted from the “intentional dissemination of Bacillus anthracis spores,” which resulted in five deaths and 32,000 people receiving antibiotics for potential exposure .
|
|
|
To link to this page, copy the following code to your site:
|
|
Paper Information
|
|
|
Title: terror
Words: 1041
Rating: None
Pages: 4.2
submitted by: williamsephs2002
If you think this paper shouldn't be here then
|
|
|
|
|
Signup & Login
|
|
|
If you don't currently have a login then Signup here
|
|
|
|
|
Pre-Written Papers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Custom Papers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
