Both the glove point and the self-adhesive point seem very sound.
So you are absolutely correct. The furniture polish aspect is fascinating (to me and you).
It’s almost as if they wanted to point away from silica as being key to understanding the weaponization in Amerithrax.
Now returning to the subject of GMU and the threat of biological weapons,
a BBC interviewer explained:
“The private contractor companies linked to the military and jokingly referred to as “beltway bandits” because they’re sprinkled around the Washington beltway ring-road, is where individuals with the right mix of skills might be working. Some of these contractors are now known to have been involved in classified bio-defence projects. One of these secret projects, carried out in the Nevada desert, was part of a series of three In the first few days of September last year - immediately prior to the attacks of the 11th, the New York Times carried a major investigation which at any other time would have been a story of huge significance...It revealed three secret bio-defence projects at a time when the American people believed none was taking place. One - run by a contractor - Battelle - was to create genetically altered anthrax.”
GMU microbiology grad Al-Timimi, who was working with and had been taught by Bin Laden’s sheik, did mathematical support work for the Navy, while in the employ of Beltway contractor SRA International (which among other things does biodefense work). What did his work involve? (His field was genomics/bioinformatics).
When pressed by the interviewer, “Does it nag at you in the back of your mind that possibly you do know him?” Dr. Patrick reiterated: “Possibly, possibly, I could have talked to these people. But it would have been within the context of their having a need to know.” He explained: “ Most of my discussions about the biological problem has been in secure conferences and meetings, and involve people with need to know, with security clearance and what have you. I don’t talk about ‘how to’, I don’t get into ‘how to’ with many people, no people other than the fact that those who really have a need to know.”
Al-Timimi had a high security clearance for some of his work for the government. Why?
Proliferation of know-how serves to proliferate opportunities for access to that know-how.
What role does Goldman Sachs play in the US economy? WSJ in 2004 explained:
“The detainee [Mohammed] said that in the early-mid 1990s, he and [convicted 1993 World Trade Center bomber] Ramzi Yusuf would think about what drives the U.S. economy, when brainstorming about potential targets. The detainee listed Hollywood, automobiles and wheat as major contributors to the U.S. economy,” the interrogation summary said.
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While the Hollywood plot might seem far-fetched today, intelligence analysts point out that when U.S. agents uncovered plans to attack tall buildings with planes, they dismissed them as being the fantasy of a warped mind.
More menacing is another scheme that Mr. Mohammed referred to as the “Anthrax Project,” which studied ways to deliver the lethal germ in the U.S.
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Some intelligence experts believe it is important for the U.S. to study past al Qaida schemes but warn against relying too heavily on the information to help stop attacks.”It is not necessarily true that past terrorist behavior is a predictor of future events,” says Chris Cox, a California Republican who is chairman of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security. “The element of surprise is as important to terrorists as it is to conventional war planners.” [ 12-07-04 0401GMT ]
Okayyyy, but .......
So you are absolutely correct. The furniture polish aspect is fascinating (to me and you).
So, that's it? I'm loaded with new and better arguments this morning. I'm ready to go.
Do you still believe that people routinely use furniture polish to remove fingerprints from paper?
I was expecting you to continue to say over and over that it says on furniture polish labels that it "removes fingerprints," just the way TrebelRebel endlessly repeats phrases out of context to make his points.
But it appears you just want to go back to talking to yourself about al Qaeda.
It’s almost as if they wanted to point away from silica as being key to understanding the weaponization in Amerithrax.
OR he was trying to point TOWARD what al Qaeda included in some training manual about applying silicone to the insides of envelopes to help keep anthrax powders from escaping.