鈥淭he assessment is, they have [smallpox]. We don鈥檛 say 70 per cent certainty. We assess that they have it.鈥�
An unnamed US official on Iraq and North Korea, quoted in The Washington Post (5 November). France and Russia, also hold covert stocks, a US intelligence review concluded this week
鈥淚鈥檓 not sure how we can credibly bring this programme to the attention of Iraq scientists.鈥�
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Clark Murdock of the US Center for Strategic and International Studies, on a proposed bill offering Iraqi weapons scientists residency in return for details of weapons programmes (Wired online, 4 November)
鈥淭oo bloody dangerous鈥� What if he woke up?鈥�
A zookeeper at Sydney鈥檚 Taronga Zoo, who vetoed management proposals to collect gorilla semen by manual stimulation of sedated males The Age, Melbourne (31 October)
鈥淭he war on drugs surely has better targets than cancer patients and terminally ill people.鈥�
The New York Times leader after a US Court of Appeals decision preventing the federal government from revoking the licences of doctors in California who prescribe marijuana (30 October)
鈥淢odafinil [Provigil] appears to improve certain mental abilities without the side effects of mental stimulants.鈥�
Cambridge University press release suggesting Provigil does more than simply keep people awake (5 November)
鈥淚鈥檓 not screwed up now, but I鈥檒l be back in a couple of hours.鈥�
A fan at a rock concert replying to a police officer鈥檚 request for volunteers to help develop tests for signs of illicit drug use. The Wall Street Journal (29 October)