My point was that bringing "smallpox" into the statement carried the implication that smallpox was being developed, which is not proven at this point. Saying that the statement was about "the wherewithal" rather than about "smallpox" is at the very least misleading, since substituing a neutral term like "the water supply" clearly does alter the significance of the statement.

(By the way, if you search the site, you will find a posting of mine where I said I thought it more likely than not that there are biological weapons somewhere in Iraq. Whether I still think that is another matter.)