“At the same time that the DOJ and FBI are moving toward making more documents available, it’s still an open investigation and we remain limited today what we can discuss, which will be emphasized, I’m sure, time and time again; and that for a number of reasons. And when that status changes, obviously, there’ll be more information available to you.
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The attribution process and identification of the specific perpetrator relies on the confluence of intelligence, investigations, and forensic information.”
Not only do they have no explanation for the subtilus contamination, but it was genetically distinct and not located at USAMRIID.
QUESTION: And then along those lines, was the subtilus contamination that was in the post —
DR. MAJIDI: Yeah.
QUESTION: Is that found in any of the other — anything else?
DR. MAJIDI: No. Again, you know, the bacillus contamination showed up in one batch, not in the other one, and it really didn’t drive us any place specific.
QUESTION: It didn’t show up in any of the eight matches, any of those samples?
DR. MAJIDI: Pardon?
QUESTION: So the stuff from the letter that matched eight samples — none of those had bacillus —
DR. MAJIDI: No. No.