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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Chemical and Biological Weapons

    Saddam Hussein has chemical and biological weapons - so do we. Where else are they - and how accessible to people who might want to use them? From Bagdhad to Las Vegas - weapons of mass destruction - what laws and treaties are in effect? Is American law enforcement ready?

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    By Warren Olney • Feb 27, 1998

    Robin Schwartz-Kreger: Director, Media Relations, B'nai B'rith International, a hundred fifty year old Jewish social service organization. Works in the B'nai B'rith headquarters in Washington, DC, which was shut down for most of a day last year - by a biological weapons scare. Lt. Col. John Ontiveros: Associate Director for Domestic Preparedness Army Chemical Biological Defense Command. Tom Reiss: Co-author of Fuhrer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi. Writes frequently on issues of terrorism. Kit Gage: Washington representative, the National Committee against Repressive Legislation and the National Coordinator of the Coalition to Protect Political Freedom. Kyle Olsen: Founder and former Executive Vice President of the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute in Alexandria, Virginia. Currently a project manager, with Research Planning, Inc. which consult with the Department of Defense on terrorism issues. Baker Spring: Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation. John McNicholas: Attorney with McNicholas and McNicholas. Representing a LAPD officer injured in last year's North Hollywood bank shootout who is suing gun manufacturers for product liability. Richard Choi: US Journalist home after Korea jail. Reporter for Los Angeles' Radio Korea. Was imprisoned in Korea for a report made while there.

    topic: Injured officer suing gun manufacturers.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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