ADVISORY/Hoover Institution Hosts Conference On Biological and Chemical Weapons.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN: Leading experts on biological and chemical weapons (BCWs), including George Tenet, the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, will gather November 16-18 at the Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President for a conference on the threat to international stability posed by the spread of these weapons. WHY: For many Americans, their only firm notion of the threat posed by these weapons is the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway The Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, usually referred to in the Japanese media as the Subway Sarin Incident (地下鉄サリン事件 system, which killed 12 people. A brief flurry of attention was given to the possibility of similar occurrence in the United States, but the issue seemed to die down. Hoover Institution senior fellows Sidney Drell Sidney Drell (born September 13, 1926) is an American theoretical physicist and arms control expert. He is a professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and a fellow at the Hoover Institution. , a professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. and an arms control arms control Limitation of the development, testing, production, deployment, proliferation, or use of weapons through international agreements. Arms control did not arise in international diplomacy until the first Hague Convention (1899). specialist, and Abraham Sofaer, a former federal judge and an expert on terrorism, diplomacy, international law, and national security, planned this conference so top scientists, public health experts, lawyers, foreign policy specialists, and could explore the issue. The conference will include talks on the dimensions of the problem, regulation of BCWs, preparing for attacks, and preventing the use of BCWs. At a dinner on November 16, CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). Director Tenet will address: "The Role of Intelligence in Protecting Against BCWs." The next night Secretary of the Navy Designate Richard J. Danzig will speak on "Two Biological Incidents, Two Responses -- The New Containment." To register or ask questions, call the Office of Public Affairs, 650/723-0603 |
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