Bioweapon prolif now – Innovation is the only deterrent
Haines 23, Avril, Avril Danica Haines is an American lawyer and senior government official who serves as the director of national intelligence in the Biden administration. She is the first woman to serve in this role. Haines previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Obama administration. Prior to her appointment to the CIA, she served as Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of White House Counsel, IARPA Pursuing Breakthrough Biointelligence and Biosecurity Innovations, May 17th, 2023, https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2023/item/2380-iarpa-pursuing-breakthrough-biointelligence-and-biosecurity-innovations[AMoss]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) — the advanced research and development arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — recently launched a program to develop new innovations for tackling threats and advances inherent within the rapidly changing biointelligence and biosecurity landscapes.
The Biointelligence and Biosecurity for the Intelligence Community (B24IC) program represents the Intelligence Community’s (IC) latest investment in research that pushes the boundaries of our biointelligence and biosecurity understanding and technologies. The resulting innovations could have far-reaching impacts, with the potential to develop new ways to collect, detect, analyze, and prevent traditional biothreats, while addressing possibilities and dangers associated with biotechnology. To address these challenges, the IC seeks to advance research across multiple biology sub-disciplines.
“The rapid proliferation of biotechnology stands to pose new national security risks that the IC will need to counter and mitigate,” said B24IC Program Manager Dr. Michael Patterson. “B24IC could boost our approach to biointelligence and biosecurity far beyond our current understanding and years or decades into the future.”