Biological and Chemical Weapons

Biological and Chemical Weapons | Local Governments’ Responses to Biological and Chemical Terrorism

Karen Ann Coburn has written several articles of local and national interest for Governing magazine.

Summary: Although local emergency response authorities have often felt illinformed by the federal government regarding the potential dangers of terrorist attacks, in recent years the lines of communication have been better established. In the wake of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing (in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by convicted terrorist Timothy McVeigh), President Bill Clinton created new protocols outlining how local...

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