Fort Detrick disease samples may be missing

[theHandpuppet]

Source: The Frederick News-Post Online

Fort Detrick disease samples may be missing
Originally published April 22, 2009

By Justin M. Palk
News-Post Staff

Army criminal investigators are looking into the possibility that disease samples are missing from biolabs at Fort Detrick.

As first reported in today's edition of The News-Post by columnist Katherine Heerbrandt, the investigators are from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division unit at Fort Meade.

Chad Jones, spokesman for Fort Meade, said CID is investigating the possibility of missing virus samples from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases....

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USAMRIID is the Army's top biodefense lab, where researchers study pathogens including Ebola, anthrax and plague.

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Maybe someone can explain to me just what the hell is going on with security at Fort Detrik? Haven't we been down this road before? This is INEXCUSABLE.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Sounds like the current season of 24

Better get Jack on the case.

[Democracyinkind]

2. Fort Detrick provides us with these stories every year. Trust your gov!

Fort Detrick .. OMG...

[tomm2thumbs]

3. makes you not want to shake hands with any Republican with a twitch

there are folks out there that would say 'hey, would be easier to cause trouble with a germ than with a bullet' and these are the crazies that would have access to this crap - just great, just great.

[HughBeaumont]

4. .

Tell you what, this makes ME feel safe :eyes:

[laststeamtrain]

5. Cheney. n/t.

[Soylent Brice]

6. photo of guard on duty:

[Ian David]

7. Is there ANY security issue the Bush Admin did NOT fuck-up? n/t