Steve Kurtz - Bio Terrorism - trial / protests in Amsterdam etc.

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How little news coverage this got, unbelievable.
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Art becomes the next suspect in America's 9/11 paranoia
By Gary Younge in Buffalo
Jun 11, 2004, 12:26

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On May 10 Steven Kurtz went to bed a married art professor. On May 11 he woke up a widower. By the afternoon he was under federal investigation for bioterrorism.


What began as a personal tragedy for Mr Kurtz has turned into what many believe is, at best, an overreaction prompted by 9/11 paranoia and, at worst, a politically motivated attempt to silence a radical artist.

Several of Mr Kurtz's colleagues and artistic collaborators have been subpoenaed and a date for a federal grand jury hearing set for Tuesday. Both artist and his art are set to go on trial for their alleged links with terrorism.

The ordeal started when Mr Kurtz, who teaches at the University at Buffalo, New York state, called the emergency services when he woke up to find Hope, his wife of 25 years, had stopped breathing.


http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_8890.shtml

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New York Artist Faces Bioterrorism Charges

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June 14, 2004

A grand jury in Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday will consider whether artist Steve Kurtz should be prosecuted on bioterrorism charges. Last month, authorities found scientific lab equipment while responding to a 911 call at Kurtz's house. Now Kurtz is being investigated for having biological agents. Kurtz often uses his art to raise concerns over issues such as biotechnology and genetic engineering. NPR's Karen Michel reports.



http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1957000