Federal investigators find lapses in the system designed to protect the U.S. cattle industry from bio-terrorism. After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress launched a series of investigations to find flaws in the system that is supposed to protectAmerica from terrorism. Those investigations found many loopholes, including large gaps in intelligence gathering and airline security. But as congressional investigators looked deeper, they found widespread faults in the system that's supposed to protect agriculture from bio-terrorism attacks. This includes acts such as the deliberate introduction of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) into herds.
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