All this points to a serious gap in the country's preparedness to deal with a biological-weapons threat, despite the Clinton administration's efforts to increase anti-terrorism spending over the past two years.

ECONOMIST: Biowarfare could be the worst terrorist threat of all

We also intend to mitigate the impact of binational disasters on communities by establishing procedures to manage land and maritime traffic in the event of a border area emergency, and enhance our collective preparedness for security threats of all types -- health, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive.

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