Aum Shinrikyo's efforts to produce biological weapons: A case study in the serial propagation of misinformation

The potential use of biological weapons by terrorist groups has figured large in the national security sector of Washington officialdom since 1995, largely as a result of the discovery in 1995 that the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo group had produced and dispersed toxic biological agents. Examines every al...

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Published in:	Terrorism and political violence Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 149 - 158
Main Author:	Leitenberg, Milton
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Taylor & Francis Group 01-12-1999 F. Cass
Subjects:	BIOLOGICAL WARFARE Biological weapons Cults Genetic engineering Information JAPAN Myth National security TERRORISM Terrorists U.S.A
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Summary:	The potential use of biological weapons by terrorist groups has figured large in the national security sector of Washington officialdom since 1995, largely as a result of the discovery in 1995 that the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo group had produced and dispersed toxic biological agents. Examines every allegation regarding the Aum group and biological weapons, and documents that each and every one of their efforts in the biological weapons area either failed, or never existed at all. Also documents the trail of gross and gratuitous misinformation regarding these stories. (Original abstract - amended)
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ISSN:	0954-6553 1556-1836
DOI:	10.1080/09546559908427537