Feature vs Bug == “Enhancement” vs. duct tape on CDC door
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new $214 million infectious disease laboratory in Atlanta, scientists are conducting experiments on bioterror bacteria in a room with a containment door sealed with duct tape.
The incident happened over a year ago but the duct tape is still there. Not to worry:
“It’s an enhancement,” said Patrick Stockton, CDC safety and occupational health manager, as he and four other agency officials took a reporter to see the door Wednesday. “We could take it off.”
“Enhancement” seems to be the new Bush administration all purpose word for explaining a screw up or misdeed, as in “enhanced interrogation” as a euphemism for torture.
