Tonight on C to C: Plum Island (germs) and John Loftus

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First Hour:
Michael Carroll will discuss his book Lab 257 about secret research on Plum Island.


http://www.harpercollins.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=21432
Welcome to Lab257.com
Now a New York Times bestseller!

'If we're lucky, someone in the media will read this carefully researched, chilling expose of a potential catastrophe and force the government to do something about it. If not, Mike Carroll's brilliant work will have been wasted and we may be the victims, once again, of government inadvertence.'
--Mario M. Cuomo, former Governor of New York

'If you lost sleep after reading THE HOT ZONE, then Michael Christopher Carroll's LAB 257 will keep you awake all night. One of the best pieces of investigative reporting you'll read this year. LAB 257 is must-reading for the post-9/11 world.'

--Nelson DeMille, bestselling author of Plum Island and Up Country

'Lab 257 proves that scientific fact on Plum Island can indeed be stranger than science fiction. Mike Carroll has the uncanny ability to transport the reader inside the frightening world of Plum Island.'

--Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., former Governor of Connecticut

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Dear Reader:

Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds-and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the Earth.

Nestled in the Hamptons, the fashionable summer playground for America's rich and famous, and in the shadow of New York City, lies an unimposing 840-acre island unidentified on most maps. On the few where it can be found, Plum Island is marked red or yellow, and stamped 'U.S. GOVERNMENT - RESTRICTED' or 'DANGEROUS ANIMAL DISEASES.' Though many people live the good life within a scant mile or two from its shores, few know the name of this pork chop-shaped island. Even fewer can say whether it is inhabited, or why it doesn't exist on the map. That's all about to change.

Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory, reveals the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic Plum Island, on the edge of the largest population center in the United States, is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore.

For the first time, Lab 257 takes you deep inside the secret world of Plum Island and presents a startling revelations, including virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns, infected workers who are denied treatment by the government, the flushing of contaminated raw sewage into area waters, and the insidious connections between Plum Island, Lyme disease, and the deadly 1999 West Nile virus outbreak.

Lab 257 changes forever our current understanding of Plum Island-a place that is, in the words of one insider, 'a biological Three Mile Island.'

Please take the time to fully explore my website, which contains detailed information behind the book, as well as photographs and information you should now about Plum Island.

To sign up on my e-mail list, please e-mail me at [e-mail]. And, to receive updated news and information about the book from HarperCollins Publishers, please click on the link below. Thank you for visiting.

Very truly yours,
Michael Christopher Carroll


After the first hour:

As a former Justice Dept. prosecutor, John Loftus held high security clearances. He currently helps intelligence agents obtain lawful permission to declassify and publish the hidden secrets of our times.


http://www.john-loftus.com/
As a former Justice Department prosecutor, John Loftus once held some of the highest security clearances in the world, with special access to NATO Cosmic, CIA codeword, and Top Secret Nuclear files. As a private attorney, he works without charge to help hundreds of intelligence agents obtain lawful permission to declassify and publish the hidden secrets of our times. He is the author of four history books, three of which have been made into films, two were international best sellers, and one was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.