TYB!
Biological organisms, as opposed to software (computer programs) and hardware (synthetic computer equipment).
At the very least, if they had compromising information on some pretty big stars, it would have been used as leverage to make them suddenly start speaking truth.
Fucker made a shekel appear as if it was coming out of my ear.
Indefinite stability at room temperature of lyophyllized (freeze-dried, powdered) viruses.
Powdered viruses reactivate when breathed in and exposed to the warm moist environment of the lungs/sinuses.
Much simpler than sending a live vector to cough on people.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC547413/