[Shermy]

It's possible in that little world he was well known. Reportedly he's no shy dog.

And he might have seemed "right wing"

And the scientist theory, coupled with the "right wing" assumption, even with a patriotic motive, was not created by BHR. So maybe encouraged by the govt. "profile" Hatifll was one of the guys who fit best into it's general assumptions. Then it took off from there, whatever the motives.

[Persephone Kore]

from http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2001/12/04/8s.html -

Rosenberg said she developed her theories by analyzing publicly available evidence and with input from other scientists, and from "inside" sources.

and later in the article -

"There is explicit speculation floating around the informed bioweapons community in the United States that this might have been diverted from a U.S. biodefense program," said Wheelis.

sounds like someone planted the seed of the idea in her brain, knowing that it would take root and that her left-wing bias would nurture it predictably.