By LISA FALKENBERG — Houston Chronicle, May 14, 2009

The deal was simple: Galveston residents wouldn’t fight a maximum-containment laboratory dealing in deadly agents like anthrax and Ebola on their island if the folks running the place vowed to provide not only solid security but also transparency.














A UTMB spokeswoman referred me to James LeDuc, deputy director of the Galveston National Laboratory. LeDuc believes the bill is necessary to protect sensitive information, like names of lab workers or substances being transferred, but also to protect the medical branch from an individual he said has been filing a harassing volume of requests, including some for sensitive information.