[Wolfstar]

The most rational explanation of the anthrax investigations is that our government simply isn't ready to declare war yet, keyword being yet, against the nation that perpetrated the attacks.

Southack, maybe I'm being terribly naive about this, but I honestly think the FBI does not know where the anthrax came from. I think they put blinders on themselves almost immediately by so hastily profiling the perp as some crazed lone, white male and disconnecting the anthrax mailings from the 9/11 attacks. The trail is now very cold and getting colder.

The posted article closes with a statement that suggests they don't believe this case will be solved. The gist is: "Well, we may not solve this case, but we're learning a lot and inventing a new forensic field."

[Southack]

Complete and total FBI incompetence is a potential rational explanation, but to me, not the *most* rational available explanation.

[Shermy]

Of course, there could be more than one probe...

Anthrax Terror [CIA Building Case 2001 Anthrax Attacks were Terrorism] The Washington Times ^ | 12-26-03 | Gertz/Scarborough

The CIA has been quietly building a case that the anthrax attacks of 2001 were in fact the result of an international terrorist plot.

U.S. officials with access to intelligence reports tell us the information showing a terrorist link to the anthrax-filled letters sent by mail in the weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks is not conclusive. But it is persuasive.

Asked to comment, a U.S. official said, "There is no evidence at this point to suggest a foreign terrorist link or connection. But the matter is still under investigation and we're not ruling anything out."

Some officials think the intelligence is at least as valid as the FBI's "mad scientist" theory, which has produced dead ends so far for the G-men after more than two years of investigation. This theory says a U.S. biological weapons scientist with access to highly refined anthrax powder stole some and used it to awaken the U.S. government to the threat of deadly anthrax.

Former weapons scientist Stephen Hatfill was identified by the Justice Department as a "person of interest" in the probe. Mr. Hatfill has stated repeatedly that he had nothing to do with the anthrax mailings. He is suing the federal government for investigating him. ...