FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Tuesday, October 7, 2003
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2003-10-07

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DIARY ENTRY — Tuesday, October 7, 2003
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 82 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Briefing in the Situation Room of the White House for Andy Card on the
Craig Venter issue of synthesizing microbes. Also at the meeting were: Tommy
Thompson, Spencer Abraham (Secr. Of DoE), Dan Bartlett; General Gordon; Ken
Bernard, Harriet Miers (Card’s Deputy), Bob Card from DoE, Ray Auerbach (DoE),
Bruce Alberts (NAS), Gerry Fink giving summary of Fink Report on “Biotechnology
Research in an Age of Terrorism”, which is an NAS/NRC report; Stewart Simonson;
Carol Kuntz; Larry Kerr; I have essentially been adopted by the WH to be the one who
explains the science of Venter’s work. This, I was the major briefer. Also, I have been
spearheading the NIH effort to create a subcommittee of the RAC to provide the “culture
of responsibility” for the scientific community on these issue similar to the 1970s with
the RAC following the Asilomar Meeting in 1974.