May 07, 2007

DNA Bomb ! Whoopz

What I read on the Internet.... the dangerous DNA bomb. Here is a scenario where a terrorist or assassin plans to take out a head of the state. Assassins seek to take down a world leader, but they won''t need to risk using bullets or bombs. Instead, they stand on a receiving line and shake the leader's hand, coming away with a genetic sample—a fleck of skin, a stray hair—that reveals his secret vulnerabilities. Then they engineer a pathogen that will attack only the dignitary. The next time he addresses a crowd; one terrorist simply coughs, releasing the pathogen-loaded virus into the air. It circulates silently, a contagion harmless to all but its target. Within hours, the leader is dead. The DNA bombs can target a specific person.

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