That story could have been a mix-up from this story that is unrefuted, from the Egyptian 1999 trial:
"...The accused terrorists also claimed to have made agreements to buy "samples of anthrax" from a factory in Southeast Asia and a culture of the paralyzing botulinum bacteria from a lab in the Czech Republic for $7,500..."
Presumably the samples were in some kind of vial or thermos - not surprising.
As for disinformation, or just rumor-mongering, on the "pro" side all I can see possible are the handing over the vial story and maybe the ledger entry "Hamburg student" story.
On the anti- side, there's plenty. The "Not in Prague" story, the Havel story, all the innuendo about Cheney and Neocons, etc., unnamed sources saying the CIA said no, when they didn't.
As for disinformation, when did it start? From the meeting itself, or later, added on. EG, did the meeting actually occur, and did a meeting occur and Atta was merely misidentified later? Interestingly, the meeting coincides with a gap in information on Atta's whereabouts. Could the Czechs make that up so quickly? And what if the anthrax is Czech (they were big in biowar), and they made up a story to deflect attention from themselves, assuming their story only came out after the awareness of the anthrax attacks.
And did the Egyptians make up the thermos story on their own volition, to add to the already known Prague story, because they wanted America to assuredly strike AQ - into which Egyptian Islamic Jihad merged? Other countries have their own agendas.
BTW, what do you think about Tenet's latest statement?
Good point.
BTW, what do you think about Tenet's latest statement?
I'm not too impressed with all the twisting and turning.
What I would like to know is why Tenet and Pavitt resigned. That would tell us something.