In his first hand account of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), physician and retired Army Colonel, Mark Kortepeter, MD pens the edge of you seat book, Inside the Hot Zone- A Soldier on the Front Lines of Biological Warfare.
In this podcast, Dr Kortepeter talks about USAMRIID and some of it’s unique features and history, some riveting stories from the hot zone, Dr. Bruce Ivins and the “Six Chessman of Doom”.
Check out the book: Inside the Hot Zone- A Soldier on the Front Lines of Biological Warfare
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I’m sorry, but this is a feeble interview. This podcast is advertised to contain “riveting stories” including about Dr. Bruce Ivins. All Dr. Kortpeter manages to say on the subject is that he has two chapters on Ivins and that they contain statements by UAMRIID scientists that speak for themselves. His only telling remark is when he refers to the case against Ivins as a matter of “FBI accusations.” I reside in Frederick, MD, so I don’t need to read Kortpeter’s book to know that a number of USAMRIID scientists have made it very clear that Ivins could not possibly have been the perpetrator of the anthrax attacks. But everyone continues to avoid the critical issue of who then was responsible. Genetic analysis, the weaponization technology, and the involved additive (silicon) establish that the attack anthrax came out of our own so-called bio-defense program. Ivins was framed in order to cover up who within our program was responsible. Instead of confronting this, all we hear in this interview is about how wonderful is our bio-defense program.
I’m sorry, but this is a disappointing interview. This podcast is advertised to contain “riveting stories” including about Dr. Bruce Ivins. All Dr. Kortpeter manages to say on the subject is that he has two chapters on Ivins and that they contain statements by UAMRIID scientists that speak for themselves. His only telling remark is when he refers to the case against Ivins as a matter of “FBI accusations.” I reside in Frederick, MD, home of USAMRIID, so I don’t need to read Kortpeter’s book to know that a number of USAMRIID scientists have made it very clear that Ivins could not possibly have been the perpetrator of the anthrax attacks. But everyone continues to avoid the critical issue of who then was responsible. Genetic analysis, the weaponization technology, and the involved additive (silicon) establish that the attack anthrax came out of our own so-called bio-defense program. Ivins was framed in order to cover up who within our program was responsible. Instead of confronting this, all we hear in this interview is about how wonderful is our bio-defense program.