Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Pentagon offers 'bioterror kit' online:

"The news is particularly embarrassing, coming only days after the CIA-led Iraq Survey Group claimed the discovery of similar equipment in Iraq was evidence that the Saddam Hussein regime had a covert weapons programme.

'The cheap, virtually unregulated availability of low-cost biological laboratory equipment poses a risk to national security,' said Christopher Shays, the Republican congressman chairing the inquiry. 'The department of defence should not be a discount shopping outlet for would-be bioterrorists.' "

A colleague sent this around last Friday but without sources being cited. Now it's printed in "The Guardian" so I'm blogging it.

How many Bubbas will hear about the online sale of bioterror material by the Pentagon? Probably none. Regardless, Bubbas are not very good at connecting the dots and making critical analysis behind this.