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science and intelligence for the CIA, and former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
assistant director for science and technology; Richard Falk, professor of international law 
at Princeton University; Marcus Raskin, Institute for Policy Studies and former member of 
the National Security Council's special staff during the Kennedy Administration; and 
Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and author of Algeny , a 
critique of genetic engineering. 
"The fact is, we have known for several years now that recombinant DNA technology is a 
powerful tool: one that could be used for mass destructive purposes," Rifkin said at the 
RAC meeting today. "As far back as 1976, the Federation of American Scientists stated: 
'The world must begin to face a biological proliferation threat that might, before long, 
rival that of nuclear weapons.' These warning signals suggest that a full review of DOD 
(Defense Department) experiments using recombinant DNA technology is in order," he 
said. 
"In authorizing the Shiga experiment and other similar experiments, the RAC becomes an 
active participant in the final uses to which this work is put," Rifkin said. The Defense 
Department has argued that many of its DNA-related experiments are designed to produce 
useful vaccines, but experts agree "there is but a very thin line — if any — between such a 
defensive system (allowed by the arms control treaty) and any prohibited offensive 
system," in the words of former RAC member Dr. Richard Goldstein of the Harvard 
Medical School. 
Rifkin noted that "Shiga dysentery" is pandemic to Central America. 
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