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Taking biodefense too far: the United States is developing a costly bio-umbrella to protect its citizens against biothreats that do not now--and may never--exist.

ON APRIL 28 PRESIDENT George W Bush unveiled an unclassified version of a unrevealed presidential directive, "Biodefense for the 21st Century" indicating his administration's plans for defending Americans from terrorists intent upon spreading dreaded diseases. The document, while light upon detail, is heavy on goals: The country's air, water, and meat will be closely monitored, as will its public health; enormous quantities of vaccines and therapies will be stockpiled to be used in the occurrence of a bioterrorist attack; and defense against futuristic genetically modified pathogens will be make knowned Moreover, the deadly organisms that are straited for research and development


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