No one responded, and looking around the room, Sutphen saw no questioning looks on anyone’s face. Waiting for what seemed an interminable length of time for a response, he continued. “Fine, with that I am deeply troubled to have to inform you all that our intelligence and law enforcement sources are in possession of extremely credible evidence that this country, and more specifically this City, may be the intended target of an attack with a biological weapon of mass destruction. And let me assure you folks, this situation is not a training exercise. Intelligence suggests this attack is imminent.”
The room sat in stunned silence, until Dr. Marian Elliott, head of the Chicago office of the CDC spoke. “Do you have any specifics at all as to what kind of biological weapon may be intended for
