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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Nica Marie Virtudazo

Donald Trump Is 'Playing Roulette With Our Lives' Over Bio Threats, Former DHS Aide Says

Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor alleges Trump weakened US protections against bio threats by dismantling a specialist office (Credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr)

Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor accused President Donald Trump of weakening US protections against bio threats, warning in an opinion article for The i Paper that he was 'playing roulette with our lives'.

Taylor previously served as DHS chief of staff and, by his account, designed and established the Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. His warning centres on what he described as the dismantling of that office and the dispersal of specialists trained to detect biological dangers and other threats.

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