Chinese Man Accused Of Potential Agriterrorism

U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research.  On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice identified the pathogen as Fusarium graminearum, a fungus it said was classified in scientific literature as a potential agroterrorism weapon.  Continue reading…