np-does this worry anyone else?

[jbor]

> on 7/27/01 3:08 AM, cj hurtt at cj6 at casco.net wrote:
> 
> "In our assessment, the draft protocol would put national security and
> confidential business information at risk."
> — Donald A. Mahley, chief U.S. negotiator at a forum on biological weapons in
> Geneva, telling delegates that the United States is abandoning talks on
> enforcing a treaty banning germ warfare.
> 
> 

I suspect that they will come around on this one eventually too (especially
after all the hue and cry over Saddam's alleged or intended use of same).
Seems to me that the Bush administration likes to grandstand a little bit,
pretend to flex its muscles, and show the rest of the world, particularly
Monsieur Putin, that they really could be in charge of things if they wanted
to be. Won't do them any harm with the voters either.

best