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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.

I do not have any experts.

Some years ago
when I still thought it was possible
to get a handle on this investigation
I got a couple second hand reports
from people who seemed to be 'in the loop'.

Some said BL3 might be sufficient
(emphasis on the 'might')
others said BL4, absolutely.

My gut instinct was and is to go with BL4
given that it generally agreed
that this anthrax was of the highest possible 'standard'
never seen before
and that more than state-of-the art technology was required to make it.

It always seemed to me
getting it 'into the envelope' was the crucial problem.
If aerosolizing it
(and possibly applying the silicon)
could be done after the envelope was sealed
that might have allowed it to be done in a BL3
but I'd like to know
what possible technology could accomplish this?

But perhaps your experts have given you the lowdown on that.
I've seen no documents that describe such a possible operation.

In terms of performance parameters, note also the Dugway simulant used in the Canadian study peformed comparably — immediately dispersing across the room. The study was done to study the threat of mailed anthrax after the bail hearing of VOC (EIJ) #2 (and Ayman’s good friend) was announced. HIs bailed was denied on October 5. The real deal was mailed on October 6. The mailer was working late. The FBI’s “anthrax weapons suspect” (of the other squad) was identified by the person’s lawyer. He worked 15 feet from the leading anthrax scientist in the world and the former deputy commander of USAMRIID. He was in ongoing communication and planning with the 911 imam and Bin Laden’s sheik. He had no interest in Kappa Kappa Gamma. Sorry if it doesn’t fit your theory.