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Scientist's anthrax claim was bogus
Milwaulkee Journal Sentinel ^
| October 4, 2001
| GRETCHEN SCHULDT
Posted on 12/19/2001 4:38:50 PM PST by Clinton's a rapist
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This is presumably the scientist referred to in the latest ABC News story. Note that this article is over two months old.
To: Mitchell;right_to_defend;gumbo;John H K
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To: Clinton's a rapist
WTF in MKE bump. did not realize this was the same guy. if you spot anything more please keep me posted. I am local.
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posted on
12/19/2001 5:07:18 PM PST
by
the crow
To: Clinton's a rapist
Stupid ABC.
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posted on
12/19/2001 5:09:56 PM PST
by
tgiles
To: Clinton's a rapist
I wonder if he's ever been to Trenton...and I wonder if he's had a return visit from the FBI.
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posted on
12/19/2001 5:10:09 PM PST
by
Catspaw
To: Catspaw
Could be...or it could be that this is just chaff. My guess is the latter. When they arrest this guy and release Allah Rakah, I'll be a bit more impressed.
To: tgiles
From today's ABC report:
An estimated 200 U.S. scientists dealt with the anthrax program over the last five years and federal authorities have told ABCNEWS they are now investigating the activities of a senior research scientist who was twice fired from Battelle and allegedly made a threat to use anthrax in the days after Sept. 11. According to an FBI affidavit, agents searched the home of one former top Battelle scientist in late September after he allegedly made threats about using anthrax. Agents said they found suspicious chemicals but no anthrax, according to the sources.
As Joe Lockjaw would say, "this is old news." Time to "move on."
To: All
Anybody want to take a crack at figuring out who this guy is? Plenty to go on in this article. Be the first to name the anthrax perp. He must be the anthrax perp, right?
To: All;right_to_defend;gumbo;John H K
Interesting that this Milwaulkee-based ex-Battelle scientist should now be the FBI's top suspect, if we are to believe ABC News. This article is dated October 4. The anthrax letter sent to Daschle was post-marked in Trenton, NJ, on October 9. Makes sense, right?
To: Clinton's a rapist; John H K; gumbo; right_to_defend; Nogbad; aristeides; Alamo-Girl
This must be the man they're talking about in the other story (since all the particulars match in detail), but
he's very unlikely to be the anthrax mailer because the dates aren't right.The article says he was interviewed by the Milwaukee police on Sept. 18, apparently in Milwaukee. That is the postmark date of the letters to the NY Post and Tom Brokaw, postmarked Trenton, NJ. These letters were not mailed from Milwaukee (in addition to the postmark evidence, note that there's no trail of anthrax spores or anthrax infections in Milwaukee).
Sept. 18 was a Tuesday, so the letters were presumably mailed either on Tuesday itself or after the last pick-up time on Monday. Unless this scientist had just returned to Milwaukee from out of town either on Sept. 18 or late on Sept. 17, this just doesn't make sense.
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posted on
12/19/2001 6:02:40 PM PST
by
Mitchell
To: Mitchell
Interesting that they should recycle this old red herring and turn it into the centerpiece of the lastest FBI spin. Guess they forgot that there are people out here who know how to use Google. (Incidentally, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story is the only report that turned up, so this one was almost down the memory hole.) If you read the ABC News story without knowing the background, you would really think they were onto something. Oh, well...
To: wooly_mammoth;Howlin;Amelia;Alamo-Girl;t-shirt;
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To: Clinton's a rapist
U.S. newsies really, really wants the anthrax mailer to be someone from this country. It's pitiful that ABC would rehash a two month old story and call it "exclusive."
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posted on
12/19/2001 6:16:48 PM PST
by
Jean S
To: maestro;Ernest_at_the_Beach;Robert357;Nogbad;Dark Wing;Medium Rare;codebreaker
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To: Clinton's a rapist
All that is needed is a conveneint suicide and we have a domestic disgruntled ex-sceintist perp. Perfect.
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posted on
12/19/2001 6:38:21 PM PST
by
okisok
To: Mitchell
Great catch, Mitchell! Thanks for the heads up!!!
To: Clinton's a rapist
Thanks for the heads up!
To: nimdoc; patriciaruth
ping
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posted on
12/19/2001 7:31:54 PM PST
by
Nogbad
To: Clinton's a rapist; Mitchell; Alamo-Girl
Has anyone done a handwriting (or rather printing) comparison
between the hijackers (Atta especially)
and the mailed letters and envelopes?
I have heard NOTHING about such a comparison.
But obviously it has been done.
I seem to recall there were some photographs of Atta's diaries.
Does anyone have them or a link to them?
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posted on
12/19/2001 7:54:16 PM PST
by
Nogbad
To: Nogbad
I'm not aware of any published photographs of Atta's diary. I agree that he is the person most likely to have written the anthrax letters. The business with him seeking treatment for reddened hands would support that hypothesis.
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