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"Strecker's material said that the DOD provided one contract in1970 for $10 million for the development of a syntheticbiological agent with no natural immunity. Which WHOreference center got that?" Jackie asked."It had to have been one in the U.S.""For sure, but where?""There were only two possibilities," I said, "Atlanta, Georgia, andBethesda, Maryland." [17-19]The Atlanta lab, was run by the CDC's predecessor - the NationalCommunicable Disease Center (NCDC). The Bethesda lab wasrun by the NIH. The later was cited in the WHO Chronicle as oneof the initial two International [virus] Reference Centers. Yet, itwas reported to be inadequately equipped to handle dangeroussmallpox viruses. These were allegedly handled in Atlanta."If that's the case, it's not likely they would have handled deadlyviruses like HIV either," Jackie reasoned."Not necessarily," I responded. "The smallpox virus and theDOD requisition may have posed different risks."Shortly after our conversation, an article by Charles Siebert in'The New York Times Magazine' clarified the biological safetylevel (BSL) risk rating system used by the CDC and the NIH:"In the hierarchy of precaution taken against biological threats atthe CDC, BSL I and 2 are the lowest level of safety. Work isdone there only with non - or moderate-risk organisms - virusesthat cause colds, for example, or bacteria that cause diarrhea. AtBSL 3, known as "the hot zone" or the "blue suit lab," workersvisit with highly transmissible viruses or with those viruses orbacteria for which there is no known cure. There are only twoBSL 4 labs in the country, one at the United States Army MedicalResearch Institute for Infectious Diseases [USAMRIID] at FortDetrick in Frederick, Md., and the one in Atlanta." [20]Our road atlas showed us Frederick was very close to Bethesda. Ipicked up the telephone to learn more.An administrator at the NCI's Thmor Cell Biology Lab inBethesda confIrmed Siebert's report. Additionally, the womantold me, "The AIDS virus is considered a BSL 3 hazard. It'sbeing studied in Bethesda as well as numerous labs across thenation."We also learned that, once developed, the most dangerous virusesplanned for use as biological weapons were shipped to the PineBluff Arsenal for storage. [21]Among the tens of thousands of viral strains cultured, developed,and transported for study by WHO reference centers, we learnedthat two received special attention and an inordinate share ofresearch dollars: monkey viruses, including the simian pox virus,and the "slow" viruses, particularly visna and scrapie. [17-19, 22]We read these reports carefully since Strecker noted the AIDSvirus bears the greatest likeness to the human-bovine (cow)