[codercpc]

"Ignoring the truth does not change it."

Maybe I missunderstood your post (I hate spreadsheets), but I am by no means saying to "ignore the truth".

My point was simply that at this time in the war, the American People, don't need the whole truth.

The truth will come out eventually. When President Bush thinks its an oppertune time.

My feeling is that maybe, the "investigative reporting", on sources of anthrax and other things, is putting our country in deep danger.

If the administration knows that Iraq is behind these attacks, maybe they are putting our forces in action as we speak. If it is reported in the media "SADDAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTHRAX ATTACKS" before we are ready to attack, Saddam will run and hide.

All I am saying is that at this point and time, I trust President Bush to run this war.

[TennesseeProfessor]

If the government said "We know who did it and will respond at a time and place of our choosing", that would be fine. Also fine, but a bit too late to use now, is "We are continuing our investigation and have no comment at this time." But lies are unacceptable and the statemnets "Garden-variety antrhax" and "he got it by drinking from a mountain stream" are lies.

Even worse is this merry-go-round of conflicting information. Daschel says it is potent stuff. Thomson says it is "garden-variety". US-AMRID says the coating has bentonite; the CDC says no. An anonymous source says that Atta met with an Iraqi agent; a different anyonymous sources claims the "totality of evidence" shows the "spores" came from the US. All of this conflicting information leads to a loss of confidence in the government and makes me think they wouldn't recognize military-grade anthrax if they got it in the mail.