All of the power nations have their own bio-warfare programs, and they also work with each other on them anyway - there is plenty of information out there on that fact. So I agree that the source isn't as big of a deal as is being made of, as long as it wasn't a completely deliberate act of war - then there would definitely be serious ramifications. Good luck in proving that of course! As you also know, everyone is basically looking to implement the same emerging technologies, specifically in the AI arena, which is advancing in all areas, so really it's mostly just a political game of empire at this stage, and is directly tied to the digital economic systems that will be rolled out over the next few years.