On the recordDecember 22, 1999
Well, if you go back through all of human history and you look at conflicts in weapons systems--and that's what we're talking about, biological, chemical weapons--offense always precedes defense; that is you've got to know what you're defending against. So my goal in this whole thing, trying to mobilize the country on biological, chemical weapons, and make sure the Government is doing everything possible, is to close the gap between offense and defense. And the answer to your question is we won't be severely--there might be incidences. I mean, the World Trade Center was blown up; Oklahoma City was blown up. We've got a guy in the laboratory in the Middle West, almost 5 years ago, who was trying to develop biological agents, political extremist. Mr. Rose. And there are scary ideas coming out of science, where viruses can attack certain ethnic groups?
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