Introduction

In 1995, a septic tank inspector named Larry Wayne Harris obtained vials of bubonic plague bacteria for research into a book he was writing about biological warfare. He and his neighbor teamed up to form what they called a defensive, biowore consulting firm. They advertised themselves by spamming online mailing lists with alarming emails. In 1997, Richard blasted out an email claiming that the lab director of Aquatec Environmental had confirmed there was a dangerous pesticide being dispersed from airplanes on a daily basis.