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Plum Island Investigation - Dangerous Territory, Indeed
By Patty Doyle <amiga@bestweb.net> 11-7-99
Patty Doyle is a citizen, not a professional journalist, who has been
independently investigating the mutated West Nile Virus outbreak in NY
and the apparent high-level germ warfare research at Plum Island.
I first learned about Plum Island, the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory, in June of this year...
Plum Island is located near the North Fork area of Long Island, New York.
It is 2 miles from Orient Pt., and 13 miles across the Long Island Sound
from the US Naval Submarine base at Groton, Ct.
Plum Island is only accessable by Government ferry.
History
It has belonged to the Government in part, and then, entirely, since 1826.
The island and its animal disease facility were formerly known as Ft. Terry.
The US began biowar research to study ways of destroying Soviet livestock.
In 1954, when Ft. Terry officially closed its doors, 134 strains of 13
viruses collected from all over the world were handed over the new Plum
Island Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Center.
Documentation suggest Plum Island was involved in biological war research.
Program was 'officially' ended in 1969 by President Richard Nixon.
Biocontainment Level 5
Officially listed as a Level 3 facility, I have deteremined that Plum
Island is, in reality, a Biocontainment Level 5 Facility...the only
known such facility in the U.S. According to documents that I have
obtained from the 1998 USAHA (United States Animal Health Association)
website, Dr. Mike Kiley, and also the previous Director (until July
1999) Dr. Alfonso Torres, *both* refer to Plum Island as the "only
Biocontainment Level 5 Facility in the U.S."
Biocontainment at Level 5 is partially-dependent upon Plum Island being
located where it is, with prevailing winds that blow offshore.
Unfortunately, the birds and winds from storms tend to blow onshore.
Documented Safety Violations
As a matter of public record, EPA enforcement documents and FOIA,
Plum Island has been cited as recently as Spring/Summer 1999 for High
Priority Violations of RCRA (resource conservation and Recovery Act)
and Significant Violator, CAA (clean air act).
1998 there was a suit by Dennis Vacco, the N.Y. State Attorney General,
against the Federal Government for Plum Island dumping hazardous waste
into Long Island Sound.
1995, Plum Island was fined for the improper storing of hazardous objects.
1993, 10 dead infected lab bird carcasses were left in the outside corridor
of the exotic animal disease lab.
'West Nile Virus' Outbreak And Dead Lobsters
When I learned about the outbreak of the brand new altered/mutated strain
of West Nile Virus, I spend more and more time investigating Plum Island.
I have learned that Plum Island had a fiber-optic cable installed and
finalized in March, 1999. During the finalization of the installation of
that cable, by STV, Inc. power to the island and the facility had to be
cut. All power was to go through the cable, even back-up power.
Plum Island uses a negative pressurization to maintain biocontainment.
In other words, as you go to the center of the facility, where the
exotic disease labs are located, the pressure is depressurized.
This would prevent microbes from release should an accident happen.
Negative pressurization depends on power. I have been told that the
power to the facility was cut to finalize the installation of the cable.
I have learned that in the 1970's there was an accidental release of
microbes. All of the people were safely evacuated, in paper clothes,
from the Island. The animals were incinerated and then the Island
and Facility was sprayed with toxic chemicals to decontaminate it.
I am investigating the death of the lobster population in Long Island Sound.
Lobsters are dying by the millions. I feel this mass die-off is related to
the material uncovered in my Plum Island investigation.
Threats To Stop The Investigation
Thus far, I have found an equid outbreak of the same/or almost the same
strain of West Nile Virus, not far from the United Nations Biocontainment
level 5 facility in Italy. The outbreak happened Fall of 1998.
According to the charter of the diagnostic facility at Plum Island,
foreign disease samples should have gone to Plum Island during that outbreak.
My findings also places Japanese Encephalitis at the Plum Island facility.
I have something that "someone" in "some" agency does not want made public.
One of the last radio programs that myself and my partner William Thomas did,
is mysteriously now unavailable on the internet archives.
A friend and confident who had worked in the US Military Biowar program
and who has friends at some of the alphabet soup agencies, told me that
I have attracted the attention of someone in an agency. He said, "they
want to keep what I have discovered, in the shadows." He also said that
they want to silence me.
I sent the info to William Thomas, the author of "Bringing the War Home,"
and "Scorched Earth." He very bravely took over the investigation for me.
With my partner, William Thomas, we are in the process of explaining where
a pathogen, never before seen in the Continental U.S., has originated.
I will keep updating the Plum Island, Biocontainment Level 5, story.
Patty Doyle
amiga@bestweb.net
The Italian West Nile virus has been traced back to Senegal 1993.
The altered/mutated strain breaks out near labs on three Continents.
My computer has been sent a new virus.
Whenever I attempt to contact Will Thomas via e-mail, his computer crashes.
I have made hard copies of all documents and they are distributed between
2 safe deposit boxes in someone else's names.
I think the alphabet soup guys have used our tax dollars to pay some hackers
to wreak havoc on my computer. Just when I think I took care of the virus,
my computer exhibits signs of new contamination.
Patty |
