htm) could be used by bioterrorists as a biological weapon.

If the family back in Europe continues to make their own chocolate at home and then sends it by international mail, all clear; presumably there is no danger of bioterrorists sneaking into the kitchen.

Another document published by the CDC, "Isolation and Quarantine Guidelines," makes the beltway perspective on bioterrorism and epidemics crystal clear: The domestic threat of a serious epidemic, unleashed either by bioterrorists or by natural causes, is ample justification for federal oversight and interference with state autonomy, not to mention the occasional exercise of police-state powers under the guise of "states of emergency.