You’d think (hope? expect? demand?) that an error of this magnitude would have been caught before publication. From the Sunday NY Times correction page:

An article on May 4 about black liberation theology and the debate surrounding the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr, Senator Barack Obama’s former minister, erroneously confirmed a statement by Mr. Wright that the United States has used biological weapons against other countries. There is no evidence that the United States ever did so. (Go to Article)