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Experts fault U.S. preparation for anthrax attack

Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:22pm EST

Experts fault U.S. preparation for anthrax attack

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has done too little to prepare for another potential domestic anthrax attack six years after spore-laden mail killed five people, a former CIA director and other experts said on Wednesday...

I think we're very poorly prepared," James Woolsey, who headed the CIA from 1993 to 1995, said at a news conference to unveil a report by a security consulting firm warning of U.S. vulnerability to another anthrax attack. Click on the highlighted title to review the article...

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1419886420071114?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

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