Agro-Terrorism: What Is the Threat?

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Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National

2003

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Contents

Preface WMD Terrorism: As Terrorism Evolves, Is Agriculture a Likely Target?,

Introduction .1

Panel I Historical Case Studies . .7

1. State Agro-BW Programs, Piers D. Millet and Simon M. Whitby . .9

2. The Political Terrorist Threat to US Agriculture and Livestock, Peter Chalk .25

3. State-Level vs. Substate Programs Utilizing Anti-Plant and Anti-Animal BW Agents: Is There a

Link?, Milton Leitenberg . .45

Panel II Technical Issues .67

4. Technical Feasibility of Anti-Crop Terrorism, William E. Fry . .69

Panel III Policy Responses . .75

5. Covert Biological Weapons Attacks Against Agricultural Targets: Assessing the Impact Against

US Agriculture, Jason Pate and Gavin Cameron . .77

6. The Role of Disease Surveillance in the Watch for Argo-Terrorism or Economic Sabotage,

Dorothy B. Preslar .97

Conclusions .109

Appendix A Workshop Program .115

Appendix B List of Workshop Participants .119

Appendix C Contributers .121