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The Lawrence Journal-World channels Ted “There is no threat but Bush” Kennedy: Report: Counties make strides in preparing for bioterrorism.

TOPEKA — State officials Friday released a report that says county health departments are making significant improvement in preparing for potential bioterrorism attacks.

But good luck trying to find out how an individual county health department is doing.

I’m glad the writer of this piece can afford to be so flippant about terrorism preparedness in Kansas. If you are a Kansan, and you think, “Nothing could happen here,” then you are sadly mistaken.

At least the reason the individual county information is not given is explained in the following lines:

The $165,000, 122-page report doesn’t identify the performance of specific counties, and state officials refused to disclose that information.

Information on which counties are doing a good job and which ones aren’t could help terrorists, said Richard Morrissey, acting director of health for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Incidentally, the report is right in the wheelhouse of evolution’s counterterrorism expert Michael. It’s quite likely that he had something to do with its production; I hope he will comment on this post and let us know what he can.

UPDATE [07.30.2004 09:43]: Michael did, in fact, have something to add.