Audit finds major gaps in U.S. biological weapons detection system
An audit has found gaps in a program intended to provide the U.S. with an early detection system of a biological weapon attack.
By BEN FOXAssociated Press
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An area of the Brentwood postal facility in Washington, is closed during a media tour Nov. 12, 2003. An audit has found gaps in a program intended to provide the U.S. with an early detection system of a biological weapon attack. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A U.S. program created after the 2003 anthrax attacks to help detect biological weapons provided protection in less than half the states and couldn’t detect many of the known threats, according to a report released Thursday.