.http://wiki.keithl.com/BioWar === Biological War: A Scenario === . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jacobsen | Annie Jacobsen ]] 358.38 JAC . Beaverton Library . ---- .pxvii '''Prologue:''' . The Demon Germ ---- .p001 '''PART I''' . How we Got Here .p008 Soviet program chief [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Alibek | Kanatzhan Alibekov / Ken Alibek ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohazard_(book) | Biohazard ]] memoir PSU UG447.8.a45 2000 .p008 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_biological_weapons_program#Chimera_Project | Chimera Project ]] began late 1980s .p009 1971 Stanford gene splicing, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recombinant_DNA | recombinant DNA ]] .p013 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Berg | Paul Berg ]] 1971 .p015 PNAS Berg (+10 others) [[ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC388511/ | Letter 1974 Moratorium ]] .p016 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Alibek | Ken Abilek (Kanatzhan Alibkov) ]] Kazakh, immigrated to the US 1992 . Biohazard 1999 book at PSU (purchased eBay $7.66 2026 Oct 3) .p017 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obolensk,_Moscow_Oblast | Obolensk ]] south of Moscow .p018 designed to look like an insane asylum to a satellite .p021 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Popov_(bioweaponeer) | Sergei Popov ]] creates DNA that expresses a second disease after the first .p023 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Pasechnik | defector Vladimir Pasechnik ]] .p023 [[ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plague/interviews/davis.html | British intelligence officer Dr. Christopher Davis ]] .p023 [[ https://www.spyex.com/expert/james-lawler | James Lawler ]] CIA Counterproliferation Division .p024 low-flying cruise missiles to disperse aerosolized pathogens .p027 abduct extremities with painful [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubo | buboes ]] (spread arms and legs) to relieve pressure .p032 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Patrick_III | William C. Patrick ]] Biological Warfare Laboratories .p033 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks | 2001 anthrax attacks ]] 22 contracted anthrax, 5 died .not in book, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Edwards_Ivins | Bruce Edwards Ivins ]] suspected by FBI, suicide, insufficient evidence .p034 in 2007, 15 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level | BSL-4 ]] labs and 1356 BSL-3 labs in the US .p035 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gain-of-function_research | Gain-of-function ]] . euphemism for biological weapons engineering says [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_C._Weber | Andy Weber ]] .p038 [[ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2001/jan/11/genetics.uknews | 2001 Australian Mousepox Experiment ]] .p038 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gain-of-function_research#Experiments_that_have_been_referred_to_as_%22gain-of-function%22 | P3CO ]] Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight .p039 [[ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10389-025-02492-3 | 2025 survey ]] 110 BSL-3 labs in 34 countries and 3515 BSL-3 labs in 149 countries ---- .p041 '''PART II''' . The Clock Starts Ticking .p045 DOD spots searing light at [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Research_Center_of_Virology_and_Biotechnology_VECTOR | VECTOR ]] near Kolsovo and [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk ]] .p046 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novosibirsk | CBRN event ]] .p051 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus_disease#1988_laboratory_infection | 1988 laboratory Marburg infection at Vektor ]] .p052 mutated and more infectious virus became [[ https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol55/iss3/11/ | Marburg Varient U ]] .p053 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_and_signature_intelligence | MASINT ]] Measurement and signature intelligence "sniffs things" .p064 fiction: infected scientist in confessional, followed by Russian student who returns to UCLA .p064 fiction: infected scientist Generation 0, priest and student generation 1 .n65 Sima Asadi et. a. "Aerosol Emission and Superemission During Human Speech Increase with Voice Loudness", ''Scientific Reports,'' February 20, 2019 .p075 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kadlec | Robert Kadlec ]] quoted, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and Programs in 2026 .p088 If pneumonic plague enters lungs without antibiotics in 24 hours, you die ---- .p107 '''PART III''' . Once It's Here, It's Already Too Late .p127 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak | 1979 Sverdlovsk anthrax leak ]] killed >68? >100? local people .p130 [[ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-00958-1 | The US does not have a plague vaccine ]] .p131 [[ https://www.llnl.gov/article/48331/lab-researchers-collaborators-develop-new-vaccine-against-three-biothreat-pathogens | LLNL USAMRIID plague vaccine? ]] .p136 early COVID timeline, 30 days from "mystery pnuemonia" reports to 7818 confirmed Covid cases around world .p137 Australian epidemiologist [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raina_MacIntyre | Raina MacIntyre ]] "if you're slow, it's already too late" .p143 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoptysis | hemoptysis ]] airway bleeding, not necessarily coughing. .p144 Special Pathogen suite, "self-contained biosafety fortress" only 13 in the US ---- .p169 '''PART IV''' . The Last Day of American Democracy .p175 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioSense | BioSense ]] integrated nationwide health surveillance system to catch disease outbreaks and bioterrorism events . no data from homeless shelters with 800K people .p177 July 2025 Baltimore "mass casualty", 27 overdosed on fentanyl/sedative .p179 LA Fire hazmat team not prepared for a catastrophic biological event .p194 tail end of non-related antibiotic vs pneumonic plague - outcome untested and uncertain .p197 2014/09/20 Liberian arrived at DFW with Ebola, died in Dallas Hospital, infected two nurses .p230 Returning Apollo astronauts quarantined for 21 days in case of "Moon Germs" ---- .p245 '''PART V''' . Martial Law .p264 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dark_Winter | Dark Winter war game June 2001 ]] .p267 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command | NORTHCOM ]] combat command for homeland defense .p270 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Weather_Emergency_Operations_Center | High Point Special Facility ]] Mount Weather .p272 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_of_government | Continuity of government ]] sites .p279 ENDEX, END (of wargame) EXercise .p284 Large Language Models can find classified information in unrelated documents .p289 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Giroir | Brett Giroir ]] four star admiral (!) in the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps | United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ]] ----