Robert Petersen
@petersen2023.bsky.social
Historian, Special Advisor in biosecurity
"Some proposals were exotic. State Department officials debated using mycotoxins, poisons produced by fungi, two former officials said (...) “We could not use a pathogen that was not safe. That’s biological warfare,” said John Walters."
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Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"Some proposals were exotic. State Department officials debated using mycotoxins, poisons produced by fungi, two former officials said (...) “We could not use a pathogen that was not safe. That’s biological warfare,” said John Walters."
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Virus-infected birds may have been tested by the U.S. as biological weapons in Brazil
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Birds infected with viruses may have been tested by the U.S. as biological weapons in Brazil
Host city of COP30, Belém became an American laboratory as part of a possible Cold War effort linked to Vietnam
apublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Virus-infected birds may have been tested by the U.S. as biological weapons in Brazil
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Israeli think tank (The Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy) regarding a possible CW threat from the Houthis in Yemen (in Hebrew) and how to react in Israel.
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נשק כימי בידי החות'ים? ישראל צריכה להיערך לאפשרות - מכון משגב לביטחון לאומי ולאסטרטגיה ציונית
בכיר בקרב מתנגדי החות'ים בתימן טוען לפי מקור מודיעיני כי המורדים השיעים פועלים לייצר בחסות איראן נשק להשמדה המונית. כיצד מתגוננים מאיום כזה, ומה הסיכוי שהחות'ים אכן יממשו אותו?
www.misgavins.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Israeli think tank (The Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy) regarding a possible CW threat from the Houthis in Yemen (in Hebrew) and how to react in Israel.
www.misgavins.org/klutstein-ho...
www.misgavins.org/klutstein-ho...
"Investigators say Pakistan-based ISI facilitators and ISIS-Khorasan (ISKP) handlers have been exploring bio-terror modules since at least 2021."
Read more on News18
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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"Investigators say Pakistan-based ISI facilitators and ISIS-Khorasan (ISKP) handlers have been exploring bio-terror modules since at least 2021."
Read more on News18
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Read more on News18
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Gujarat ATS busts alleged ricin terror plot; 3 arrested www.deccanherald.com/india/gujara... via @deccanherald
Ricin Terror Plot: Gujarat ATS Busts Plan, 3 Arrests
Gujarat Terror Plot: Discover how Gujarat ATS thwarted an alleged ricin terror plan, arresting three suspects linked to ISKP, uncovering arms and poison.
www.deccanherald.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Gujarat ATS busts alleged ricin terror plot; 3 arrested www.deccanherald.com/india/gujara... via @deccanherald
Three Chinese National Scholars from University of Michigan Laboratory Charged for Conspiring to Smuggle Biological Materials into the U.S. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three...
Three Chinese National Scholars from University of Michigan Laboratory Charged for Conspiring to Smuggle Biological Materials into the U.S.
Three research scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were charged today in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to smuggle biological materials into the United States and for making false...
www.justice.gov
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Three Chinese National Scholars from University of Michigan Laboratory Charged for Conspiring to Smuggle Biological Materials into the U.S. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three...
"However, an alleged toxicology report has intensified speculation, suggesting that traces of ricin - a highly toxic protein derived from castor beans - were found in his lungs and vital organs."
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RAILA ODINGA’s alleged toxicology report raises more questions over his sudden death in India - See what was found in his lungs!
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October 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"However, an alleged toxicology report has intensified speculation, suggesting that traces of ricin - a highly toxic protein derived from castor beans - were found in his lungs and vital organs."
www.kenyan-post.com/2025/10/rail...
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Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding biotechnology and biological threats (including from China and Russia):
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October 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding biotechnology and biological threats (including from China and Russia):
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
Woman used ChatGPT to research deadly drugs before trying to poison husband: police
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Woman used ChatGPT to research deadly drugs before trying to poison husband: police
Cheryl Harris Gates, 43, was arrested for attempted murder, among other charges
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Woman used ChatGPT to research deadly drugs before trying to poison husband: police
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"At Newcastle Crown Court, Peter Makepeace KC, prosecuting, said "if every single bottle delivered were laced, every single bottle would result in immediate illness and would have quickly brought the scheme to a halt."
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GP who dressed as nurse in bid to kill mum's partner admits second horror plot
GP Thomas Kwan sent intended victim Patrick O'Hara wine laced with thallium as well as 'genuine bottles to lure the victim into a sense of security.’
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October 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"At Newcastle Crown Court, Peter Makepeace KC, prosecuting, said "if every single bottle delivered were laced, every single bottle would result in immediate illness and would have quickly brought the scheme to a halt."
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