(Daily Beast) Eli Lake - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is scrambling to get a handle on the locations of Syria's chemical and biological weapons. U.S. officials say the CIA has sent officers to the region to assess Syria's weapons program. Paula DeSutter, who served as assistant secretary of state for verification, compliance, and implementation between 2002 and 2009, said biological weapons could be a big concern. DeSutter also said she would want the U.S. and international community to secure any remaining nuclear-related equipment from the al-Kibar reactor destroyed in 2007 by Israeli jets. Also unclear is what, if anything, Iraq transferred to Syria before the 2003 U.S. invasion.
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