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"Focusing on three forms of biological threat - bioterrorism, biocrime and biohacking - the author examines the history of biowarfare and terrorism, including the ideologies and motives of violent extremist organizations. Groups drawn to biological aggression are discussed, along with the array of viruses, bacteria and toxins they might use in their attacks. The phenomenon of biocrime - biological aggression targeting individuals for personal rather than ideological reasons - is explored, along with the growing trend of biohacking, in which """"citizen scientists"""" conduct bioengineering experiments in home-based and other nontraditional settings. Part II of the text presents case studies of bioterrorism and biocrime from the United States and Japan."

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The intelligence and security communities have been worrying about the use of bioweapons by terrorists at least since I coauthored a Special National Intelligence Estimate on the topic 40 years ago. Marc Vargo catches us up on developments since then, guiding us through the motivations and laboratories of 20th century regimes and the (so far) rare BW terrorists, including Aum Shinrikyo, the Rajneeshee commune, al-Qaeda, the 2001 anthrax attacker, and individual bad actors. He also introduces us to biocrime and biohacking, which could become more problematic in the years to come. Fascinating, if worrisome, reading. --Ed Mickolus, President, Vinyard Software, Inc., and retired CIA officer.  Intelligence and security communities have worried about terrorist bioweapon use for four decades. Marc Vargo catches us up on new developments, examines motivations and laboratories of regimes and (so far) rare BW terrorists, and introduces us to biocrime and biohacking. Fascinating, if worrisome, reading. --Ed Mickolus, president, Vinyard Software, Inc., and retired CIA officer.

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Marc E. Vargo is the author of eight nonfiction books and numerous articles in professional journals. He lives in Hammond, Louisiana.

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