Am I the only person who’s a little skeptical about the veracity of this e-mail, or am I just getting way too suspicious in my old age?
Sure, I’m suspiscious about it - but since it’s the first piece of new news on the case in years, it’s worthwhile going over with a fine tooth-comb.
It raises a lot of questions. Who wrote it? How did Fox get it? Did the same person who wrote it give it to Fox, or was it another person?
Is the date on really Tuesday June 27, 2006?
Did the FBI really send a bunch of reverse-engineered powders to Detrick to compare with the attack powder as the email claims? That part sounds feasible. As far as I know the attack powder is still on lock-down inside Detrick - the only person with access is John Ezzel - and even then he requires authorization to retrieve it when it’s needed for analysis.
Careful. TrebleRebel appears to TOTALLY accept it as if it were holy writ.
To me, it looks like just another guy putting 2 and 2 together and getting 123934972973797.
I've had contact with at least a half dozen people in the government who think they know who sent the anthrax letters. And I've probably had contact with 200 people outside of the government who think they know who sent the anthrax letters.
The only thing likely to be proven by the email is: Working for the government doesn't automatically make you smarter than everyone else.