Op-eds and other Publications
- Martin Enserink, "New Look at Old Data Irks Smallpox-Eradication Experts", Science, Vol. 299, 10 January 2003, p.181. [Pdf file]
- Policy Implications of an Anthrax Attack
A lecture presented by Lawrence Wein, February 26, 2003
Despite the fatal anthrax attack in the U.S. mail in 2001, no government response plan exists in the event of another attack. Research by Business School Professor Larry Wein and two colleagues recommends the rapid deployment of antibiotics and a series of other precautionary steps to reduce the death toll in the event of an attack. [Video File]
- Unready for Anthrax
Washington Post Op-Ed, July 28, 2003, pg. A21[Pdf file]
- 2-Fingerprint Border ID System Called Inadequate
According to this news story, Congressman Jim Turner (D-Tex) wrote that a study by researchers at Stanford University concluded the two-fingerprint system (instead of one that relies on all 10 prints) "is no more than 53 percent effective in matching fingerprints with poor image quality against the government's biometric terrorist watch-list"--Turner criticizes the system saying it falls far short of keeping the country secure. Turner's letter to the Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge quotes GSB faculty member Lawrence Wein, who said his study found that at best, with a software fix, the two-finger system would properly identify only about three of four people, and that the "implications of our findings are disturbing," according to this story.
Washington Post, Tues, 10/19/04
- House Select Homeland Security Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security and Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Hold Joint Hearing on Disrupting Terrorist Travel
Testimony of Lawrence Wein [Pdf file]
- Sciencentral video on fingerprint security
- Got Toxic Milk?
New York Times Op-Ed, May 30, 2005
- Guide to Poisoning Milk Supply?
NBC's "Today Show," June 30, 2005
[Video file]
- Biosecurity
NPR Talk of the Nation "Science Friday," July 1, 2005
- Terrorist in the Milk Barn
The Food Chain Show, #453, July 23, 2005 [Mp3 file]
- Think Inside the Box
New York Times Op-Ed, November 28, 2005
- Testimony California State Assembly Select Committee On Ports
April 21, 2006 [Pdf file]
- Face Facts
New York Times Op-Ed, October 25, 2006
- Biological and Chemical Safety Nets
The Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, February 27, 2007
- Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Anthrax ...
The New York Times Op-Ed, October 13, 2008
- Counting the Walking Wounded
The New York Times Op-Ed, January 26, 2009
