Concerning the recent discussions of anthrax: If
- Stephen J. Hatfill is a suspect, and
- he was in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) supporting the last-ditch efforts of the White Supremacist government to reamin in power during the suspicious anthrax outbreak of 1978-1980, and
- anthrax lies dormant in the soil, like, forever, and
- DNA analysis techniques can determine if a given anthrax sample is related to the strains used in various biological weapons laboratories ...
This paper has some very interesting information about the outbreak.
(Meanwhile, my free software efforts continue at a snail's pace ... I may have a DOMified Hanzi Quiz done in a week or two.)