or Spertzel.
Do you know his opinion?
My consulting scientist is a military scientist who makes anthrax simulant on an ongoing basis. I’ve emailed him. My guy has sent me the forensics showing that his lab can make it and it performs with comparable parameters. I doubt they have a BL-4 but I can ask. (If they did, he would have mentioned it).
Spertzel is a veterinarian who says he couldn’t make it and it would take a year with a large staff to be able to try to make it. I credit his statement he doesn’t know how to make it.
My consulting military scientist says the March 14, 2001 biochemistry patent I rely on relating to concentrating anthrax using silica — that Ali had access to — is a weaponization patent useful in increasing the viability of a wide variety of pathogens. But my friend and consulting military scientist says look for siliconizing solution rather than silica.
As for Patrick and Alibek’s views, I relied on the discussion of the reason for the FBI’s wavering on silica in a PhD thesis that they advised. The woman, as I’ve explained previously, was a couple doors down from Ali al-Timimi. She explains the method. I never thought to ask Dr. Crockett BL-3 or BL-4.
I have frequently consulted with Dr. Alibek but don’t recall that I’ve ever asked him that precise question. We would speak over the years about the equipment used. While I fully expect that Mr. Redacted will turn out to be either Patrick or Alibek, I do not suspect them for a minute. Not for a second.
I now understand that you are not relying on an expert and have not consulted with any expert. Okay.