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Germ Boys and Yes Men: How White House Cronyism and the Push to Invade Iraq Hampers the Country's Ability to Handle a Bioterror Attack

Germ Boys and Yes Men: How White House Cronyism and the Push to Invade Iraq Hampers the Country's Ability to Handle a Bioterror Attack

In a major expose in the upcoming issue of The Nation, Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports on how a Republican operative with no experience was put in charge of the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and how the Bush administration exaggerated the threat of a bioterror attack three years ago in an effort to win greater support for the Iraq war. [includes rush transcript]

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