Q’s “These people are sick” and “Follow the money” tied to his links of “Covert Action” articles led me to the book Bioterror: Manufacturing Wars the American Way. I’ll try to condense, but TMI…
Military and universities have been hand-in-hand on R&D since at least WWII for bio/chemical weapons. Nearly same universities then as now. In order of $$: John Hopkins, U of WA, Seattle, U of MI, U of PA, U of Pittsburgh, Stanford, Columbia U, U of CA San Diego (Berkeley), U of WI, Madison, Duke U. Starts at $585 million annually (2013 #’s) and goes up to $1.88 billion.
Fort Derrick, Maryland and Naval Biosciences Lab in Oakland, CA major military sites for bio weapons. In 1969, Nixon halted offensive biological warfare research. Facilities closed, samples destroyed and personnel released. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) took its place.www