Quotes by Jonathan Tucker

“[It turns out this kind of disagreement is not uncommon.] Theres always a distinction between intelligence and interpretation, ... The interpretation is often influenced by ideology.”

“which could pose privacy concerns for many people.”

“People can be treated with widely available antibiotics, ... If they (people who have been exposed) are treated within 24 hours, they are almost assured to be cured. After that period, it can be more difficult.”

“There is a circumstantial evidence that Iraq, North Korea and Russia have undeclared stocks of smallpox, ... Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox.”

“We should improve our intelligence about what terrorists are doing in this area, but we shouldnt panic. I think the threat is quite small.”

“The fact that no traces of agent have yet been found and that other chemicals that one would not expect in such a facility have been found do raise doubts about the conclusiveness of the analysis.”

“Most of the inspectors, even though they have technical skills, are not experienced in conducting inspections, and theyll be on a very steep learning curve.”

“They will have more sophisticated satellite surveillance, including commercial satellite systems that are less sensitive. They will, perhaps, have airborne aerial surveillance, such as helicopters or even the Predator-type unmanned aerial vehicles,”

“They will have sophisticated detection devices -- for example, for biological weapons that can take samples and analyze them rapidly to determine their identity, whether Iraq, for example is producing anthrax at a vaccine plant.”

“These weapons were extraordinarily potent. Some of them were actually engineered, genetically, to become more lethal than the strains in nature,”