Did that make lab contamination "a key component"?
Er, no.... Why would lab contamination be a "key component" for aerosolization? Do you actually read English, or do you see things in written English that others don't?
She did actually say: "This was a key component," Mullick said. "Silica prevents the anthrax from aggregating, making it easier to aerosolize.
Are you perhaps seeing this when you read the sentence?:
"This was a key contamination component," Mullick said. "It had nothing to do with aerosolization".
There's nothing wrong with that sentence. It's totally true. Silica DOES help prevent anthrax from absorbing moisture and aggregating, which DOES help make anthrax easier to aerosolize.
Mullick is stating a fact about anthrax in general. She didn't say, "The anthrax was put into the powder to keep the anthrax from aggregating." She's confirming that she was MAKING AN ASSUMPTION by making a general statment and implying it was true for the attack anthrax.
Ed
This guy is a piece of work. He knows nothing, is contradicted by facts at every turn, yet parrots nonsense with the certainly of a village idiot.