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Despite testimony given July 22 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s top medical officer that a biological attack on the United States would result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of victims, such attacks -- especially with anthrax -- are much more difficult to execute than most people realize.

A decision two weeks ago by the Denver Water Board to close a road running over Dillion Dam provides an opening to examine the factors and feasibility involved in a potential threat to contaminate the water supply there or elsewhere.

The flap caused by the closure of a road over a dam in Colorado due to security concerns provides an opportunity to revisit jihadist militants' ability to operate inside the United States and the type of targets they might attack.