CONTAMINANTES - AIDS is called a security threat : AIDS is called a security threat - HIV could weaken 5 nations, CIA told
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could harm the economic, social, political and military structure in each of the five countries [China, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and Russia], a CIA official said in releasing the declassified portions of the council's report.
HIV would spark tensions over spending priorities, drive up health care costs and sharpen military manpower shortages, said David Gordon, a CIA official and the report's author.