[Irene Adler]

"...Steven J. Hatfill, an ingenious doctor..."

Don't think this is right. He is a PhD, and I think I even remember that his degree was, maybe, not completed? Don't know that for sure, but the statement makes him sound like a medical doctor which he certainly is not. Odd.

[muawiyah]

Whatever else, the "timeline" is in error. Absolutely no one knows WHEN any of the letters were entered into the mail. All that is known is when some of the letters were canceled!

Given the myriad of ways in which single-piece rate First-Class Mail can be delayed, misrouted and "lost" until it finally reaches the 010 operation, there is no evidence to demonstrate that they were not all mailed September 7, 2001 at 6 PM (or thereabouts) after the last prayer of the day down at the local mosque used by the terrorist team in Boca Raton, FL.

[razorback-bert]

"My whole point was to make certain they were investigating some evidence that I learnt about from people with more knowledge than I in the case but who couldn't talk."

They talked to Rosenberg, who talked and Rosenberg has no legal standing to withhold their names. This makes it sound as if the FBI went chasing after hearsay, without checking the sources.

[PhilipFreneau]

>> America's two-year investigation of deadly anthrax attacks has come up empty-handed. If the chief suspect didn't do it, who did?

I continually believe the anthrax letters were a trial run by terrorists. Why have then not followed up? Patience. Terrorists have proven their patience over and over again. Look at how long they planned the 9/11 attacks. They are waiting for the right moment for the anthrax attack -- where we least expect it. Possible scenerios: simultaneous aerosol spraying in all the major subways, massive spraying in and around the nation's capital, and light plane spraying over major population centers during rush hour. Just my hunch.

How do we stop it? Export all muslims. So far that is the only solution I see.

[oceanview]

Fox News right now, reporting that an upcoming segment on the Fox Report show will "reveal something new about what else was contained within the anthrax envelopes". anyone know what they are talking about?

[Wolfstar]

Dr Barbara Hatch Rosenberg: "My whole point was to make certain they were investigating some evidence that I learnt about from people with more knowledge than I in the case but who couldn't talk."

In other words, her "evidence" is hearsay and wouldn't be usable in a court of law.

On September 18 the first of the anthrax letters was posted from Trenton, New Jersey.

NOT TRUE! The first letter was sent to American Media in South Florida. It was never recovered, but post offices in that area were contaminated. It was likely mailed somewhere in South Florida. More importantly, it MAY have been mailed before 9/11 since the earliest news reports said that American Media employees remembered the letter had arrived sometime around 9/8/01.

Because it was never recovered, exactly where and when it was mailed cannot be proven either way. But the media continually soft-soaps the Florida incident — and the pretty strong circumstantial evidence connecting Atta and his gang to American Media and suspicious medical problems the hijackers were known to have in the weeks leading up to 9/11.

There was at least one other letter that was never recovered. It's the one that went to Dan Rather's office.

I think this case will never be solved because investigators have already made up their minds that it was just a coincidence that the anthrax attacks happened virtually simultaneously with the 9/11 attacks. They have their minds made up that the anthrax attacks were domestic terrorism. I think Spertzel is right, however.