al-Qaida Makes Surprising Weapon Advances
Al-Qaida had progressed much further toward developing a particular biological weapon before the Sept. 11 attacks than the United States realized, the presidential commission investigating intelligence on weapons of mass destruction found. The intelligence community was surprised by al-Qaida’s advances in a virulent strain in the disease, identified by the commission only as “Agent X” to prevent al-Qaida from knowing what the U.S. government has learned.Full Story