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Stick a scientist in jail for reporting vials of plague bacteria missing.

It was a January weekend in 2003. Dr Thomas Butler, a world-renowned expert on bubonic plague, had called in at his laboratory at Texas Tech University. The 62-year-old microbiologist had worked with the disease for decades and always kept a meticulous record of what was in his lab and where. That day, he noticed that 30 vials of plague were missing. It was the beginning of a nightmare.

"I've sat down with Tom's children," says Dr Butler's attorney, Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University in Washington DC. "I've tried to explain what has happened to their father, but I can't. It's about as rational as getting hit by a locomotive."

Eighteen months on, Thomas Butler is no longer a doctor. He turned in his medical licence before it could be taken from him. His family - wife Elisabeth and four children, including a five-year-old son - are broke. He has lost his job and his lab, and he sits in a medium-security prison in Fort Worth, Texas. He is the most notorious scientist in the world, and probably the recipient of the most heavy-handed meting out of criminal justice in recent memory.
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The rest of the article is a hoot (unless you happen to be living in the US0, especially the part regarding what Butler was finally incarcerated for.

I know this helps Bush win the election by continuing a pervasive atmosphere of fear, but how productive is this in helping to prevent future terrorist attacks like the anthrax ones?






















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::shakes head in wonder:: Incredible... I wonder if this attitude will rapidly change when Shrub & Co. are booted...


I can also see many top-flight scientists in those fields deciding never to work in the US again. They will either go to live and work elsewhere, taking their extensive knowledge of the subjects with them, or they will just give up on the research altogether, to the detriment of humanity.

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Good work, Georgie-boy and team! Bravo! Make the US scientific environment a place of abject fear! Excellent...
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Watching out for Killer Beer Coolers is 'national security'.

Reporting missing plagues gets you crucified for political reasons.


Next time someone spots missing ebola, smallpox or plutonium samples, given this example, the FBI will NOT be right there on the top of the list of people to call.

Way to make sure investigation of missing hazardous materials is delayed indefinitely.
 
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