Four days after a gunman riddled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's main campus in Atlanta with bullets, CDC employees say they are still looking for steady leadership and clear communication. The agency's first all-hands meeting since the attack ran roughly 12 minutes, began late and was beset by technical problems, according to staff who tried to watch.
In Tuesday's all-hands, new CDC Director Susan Monarez described the shooting as "an attack in our community … and in many ways the very mission that we serve." She warned that "misinformation can be dangerous … we need to rebuild the trust together," urging "rational, evidence-based discourse … with compassion and understanding."
CDC security chief Jeff Williams told staff investigators view the incident as "a tar