NOT NECESSARILY.
Our government could have been as sloppy as described in the beginning stages of such things.
They CAN be very good.
AND
The CAN be very sloppy with incredibly important things.
Witness Dillbo and Monica.
I understand that the government can make big mistakes and be sloppy, but this one doesn't add up. I'm an engineer and scientist by training, and I know how people are when conducting an investigation into something scientific. There would have been people going over that ground for weeks following the incident. If the government didn't want the public exposure of having them go over that ground in the open where they could be seen, then the government would have dug up most of the ground and preserved it for samples.
Another big hole is the notion that this guy was able to come home in a uniform that was suspected of being contaminated. Taking someone's clothes and giving him a new set is such an easy step in a contamination situation that there is no chance that it wouldn't have been done. If they didn't have other clothes available, they would have taken his clothes and sent someone to his home to get a second set of clothes. These steps are simple, and the notion that they wouldn't have been taken is silly.
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