Bioterrorism has recently become an important political issue in the US. Spending on medical defense an research against bioterrorism is rising exponentially. US$91m was spent in 1998, com- pared to a proposed budget of US$ 336.6m for the year 2000. Former President Clinton announced that he intended to ask Congress for a staggering US$2.85bn to counter the bioterrorist threat with Funds distributed between the FBI, military intelli- Gence, the National Security gency and the med- Ical and emergency services.
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