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And the FBI chief scientist, Dwight Adams, has admitted, under oath, that there were key details concerning the nature of the attack anthrax that he witheld even in confidential briefings to senators

And you see that as part of some sinister coverup of the facts?

Couldn't it just be that there is information that is important to the Amerithrax investigation (such as detecting traces of lab contamination in the anthrax) which should not be shared with anyone not directly involved in the investigation?

Ed at www.anthraxinvestigation.com

Oversight of what is happening within the executive branch and the federal bureaucracy is part of the legitimate role of Congress, even when it comes to classified information. As far as I know, the executive branch itself acknowledges this most basic constitutional fact.

Now, the administration does retain the right to invoke executive privilege on many issues, but as far as I know, they have not explicitly invoked executive privilege regarding "Amerithrax".

Of course, these days the feds don't seem all that eager to share any information regarding "Amerithrax" at all with Congress, do they?

And you have to admit, that remains pretty gosh darn convenient for them, coming up on almost six years after the attacks, and nary an indictment, an arrest warrant, or even a "Wanted" poster anywhere in sight.

Ed is right.

TrebleRebel, your idea that the FBI should issue pronouncement about details relating to the method of weaponization of the anthrax has no basis in criminal or national security investigations. The idea that there is a cover-up because they withhold some information from Congressional staffers has no basis. Moreover, your understanding of the briefing is hearsay.

More importantly, just as Ed has played ostrich with Ken’s views of who did it, he similarly apparently does the same with Dr. Meselson. Since mid-October 2001, Dr. Meselson has said that pretty much nation states are the ones who can do this sort of thing. But he emphasized that these things are in the “minds” of the individual former US and Russian bioweaponeers. He has repeatedly said the Daschle product was “very, very pure.” So your suggestion that he is working to divert attention from a state program just has no basis in the record of his statements on Amerithrax. Instead, his focus likely would be on patents that lead to highly concentrated, “very pure” concentrations of biological agent that are the result of former US or Russian bioweaponeers. See patents above. Ed doesn’t get an expert opinion from Dr. Meselson saying the forensics don’t point to the patents above for good reason.