The original line I agreed to was this The United States cancelled its offensive biological weapons program by executive order November 1969 and February 1970 and appears to have destroyed all biological weapons by February 1973 Now once again the first line is from several dozen sources so if we list one i e According to the U S government then I say we list them all The second point of contention and appears to have destroyed all biological weapons by February 1973 can be verified via a FOIA request I would not object to leaving that in 17 20 Apr 27 2004 UTC