A Times report revealed failures of Trump administration technology meant to detect biological attacks. Today, the chairwoman of the House Science and Technology Committee is calling for the system to be shut down.
In her letter, Johnson cited a
BioWatch was installed in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the emergence of several letters that were laced with anthrax. Anthrax from the letters killed five people, infected 16 others and caused closures of prominent government buildings in Washington and major disruptions to the delivery of U.S. mail.
As Johnson noted in her letter, McDonnell had told The Times that, “part of what I’m sort of reining in the scientists a little bit on is, ‘Don’t let perfection be the enemy of good enough.’”
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