[starsandstrips]

As a lurker, I've come to know the most intelligent people visit FreeRepublic.com! I trust you've sent this to the FBI and CIA. YOU are so AWSOME!!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you oh so very much for the kudos (blush!!!)

[antivenom]

There's also the possibility that the government is fully aware of who is ultimately responsible for the anthrax attack, most likely Iraq. But the U.S. wants to go to war with Iraq on our own timetable, not theirs. If Saddam Hussein's complicity were acknowledged now, the calls for immediate military action might be so strong as to force us into attacking Iraq earlier than Rumsfeld thinks is militarily advisable. Plus, we gain the advantage of surprise when we eventually do attack Iraq, since Saddam Hussein must be wondering what's going on with our government's response, just as we are. Also, the U.S. government isn't a monolith that uniformly either "knows" or "doesn't know" something. It's quite possible, for example, that Rumsfeld knows that Iraq is behind this, that the FBI thinks it's a lone psychopathic microbiologist, and the Democratic leadership believes it's an organized right-wing hate group.

I think that above explains FBI & CIA's involvement...isn't gonna be one besides confirming strike areas inside IRAQ.