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From archived versions of the NIAID's Biodefense website, Dr. Anthony Fauci details how the Patriot Act placed him on top of the nation's biodefense infrastructure:

"Homeland security is a multifaceted endeavor, of which biodefense is a critical component. Our nation's ability to detect and counter bioterrorism depends to a large degree on the information generated by biomedical research on dangerous, disease-causing microbes and on the immune system response to these pathogens.