There are people who want the anthrax murders to be part of something they can relate to: whether it be an al-Qaeda plot,an Iraqi plot,a Russian plot,an Israeli plot,a domestic right/left wing (your choice) plot,etc.,etc.
The problem with wanting a certain outcome is that it taints the inquiry-often beyond redemption.Let me give you an example.
One of the last pieces of information FBI traitor Robert Hanssen "fetched" at the request of his Russian paymasters was the government's "Doomsday" scenario-which asked the question : "What would happen if there were a decapitating strike on the US government ?"
At the time this request was made,Russia was no longer communist. The KGB had morphed,seamlessly,into the FSB.The Cold War was officially over.Why did the Russians want this information?
Did the Russians-still smarting from Afghanistan,and from a number of "dirty tricks" our CIA had played on them-forward the information to one of their numerous contacts ? Did they supply the anthrax murderers with a vial or so of their own anthrax ? (Ken Alibek,former head of the Vektor Labs in Siberia has told western reporters Vektor had Ames - strain anthrax, and made their weapons grade anthrax by a process identical to that developed at Ft. Detrick - whose security they had long since penetrated.)