It could happen any time, to any of us. Any where. Any time. To any of us. Bioterror, of course.

According to Fox News [ed. Note: you’re kidding right?], a bipartisan commission informed Vice President-elect Joe Biden that the United States can expect a terrorist attack using biological weapons before 2013.

Not "should prepare for" or "vague possibility of happening" but "expect." This should be an extremely frightening thought for U.S. citizens and the government.

The problem, according to the report, is not that terrorists will become scientists but that scientists will become terrorists. Terrorists still lack the ability to carry out a biological attack, but that does not mean the gap is not narrowing.

Everyone has a price, as the saying goes. It is extremely conceivable that if offered enough money, scientists with the knowledge it would take to carry out a biological attack could be bribed to share their secrets or allow the use of their labs which contain dangerous pathogens.

No one should have to live in fear of terrorists using something as simple as everyday life to wreak havoc on us. Let us hope the Obama administration gets off to the right start by making sure the frightening things in this report do not become a reality.

Megan Molitor is absolutely right. It is Barack Obama’s responsibility to protect American scientists from their own greed. It’s important to note that bioterror may not be their only resort. We also need to safeguard ourselves against:

  • Ecoterror. Captain Planet will not save you.
  • Aquaterror (pirates and sea serpents and so forth).
  • Ectoterror. If Obama can’t prevent Ray from thinking about the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, all hell will definitely break loose in New York. Again.

Also: gremlins.

[K-State Collegian]