January/February 2003, Volume 59, No. 1, pp. 40-46
Back to bioweapons? By Mark Wheelis & Malcolm Dando
The United States may have rejected the bioweapons protocol because it is committed to continuing and expanding its secret programs.
In the summer of 2001, the United States shocked its peers when it rejected the protocol to the bioweapons treaty. Intended to strengthen compliance with the vital but weak Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), the protocol was dead in the water without U.S. support, and the world was left wondering what prompted the surprise move. http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/2003/jf03/jf03wheelis.html