Tara O'Toole

Tara O'Toole
Tara O'Toole ; (academic, spook?);
Nationality	US
Alma mater	Vassar College, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University
Member of	Council on Foreign Relations/Members 2, In-Q-Tel
Interests	• “pandemic”; • public health; • “national security”
	US/Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology
In office
	2009 - 2013
	In-Q-Tel/Executive Vice President
Dates unknown
Employer	In-Q-Tel
	Federation of American Scientists/Chair
In office
	2006 - 2007
	Senior analyst
In office
	1989 - 1993
Employer	Congressional Office of Technology Assessment

Dr. Tara J. O'Toole is an expert in pandemic preparation exercises. She was a principal author of Dark Winter (2001) and Atlantic Storm (2005) about a smallpox outbreak in the US.

Connections

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Operation Dark Winter	22 June 2001	23 June 2001	Washington DC Andrews Air Force Base	An exercise where senior former officials would respond to a bioterrorist induced national security crisis. Uncannily predicted the 2001 anthrax attacks and other narratives. Held June 2001.

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Atlantic Storm	14 January 2005	14 January 2005	New York US	A scenario designed to mimic a summit of transatlantic leaders forced to respond to a bioterrorist attack. Recommended militarization, vaccination and stockpiling drugs. Held January 2005.
Clade X	15 May 2018	15 May 2018		A pandemic/biowarfare preparation exercise by Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Held May 2018.
Operation Dark Winter	22 June 2001	23 June 2001	Washington DC Andrews Air Force Base	An exercise where senior former officials would respond to a bioterrorist induced national security crisis. Uncannily predicted the 2001 anthrax attacks and other narratives. Held June 2001.

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