1) It took the heat off of U.S. muslims.
2) It helped to pacify the herd while government control was vastly extended.
3) It helps cover for the pitiful security measures at airports (yes Dorothy we should profile!!) that punish our citizens without adding anything to security.
4) The tinfoil hat crowd are really on to something when they say that justice, Fibbie, and BATF are part of a conspiracy to steal our rights.
5) Discrediting the right wing helps the immigration lobby immensely.
What are you sources and quotes on this claim?
The ex-employee was a Jewish scientist who hated Arabs, and hated the Egyptian scientist in particular. The case was investigated and they decided the Jewish scientist was trying to frame the Egyptian scientist because of animosity towards him. But now it looks like that never happened, as it is no longer being reported, although I went to google and typed in anthrax Fort Detrick, Maryland, and information did indeed come up. I suppose we are all suppose to forget about that though.