BREAKING - FBI Raiding home of Ft. Detrick researcher at this moment...

ABC Channel 2, Baltimore | June 25, 2002

[John H K]

Reported FBI is raiding (and they did use the term "raiding") the home of a Ft. Detrick researcher in connection with the Anthrax case. Didn't have any further info, just came in.

[anniegetyourgun]

One of the most reasoned retorts I've seen here on FR.

You're right - most are trying to serve as best they can. And, I believe that is especially true of those who are in these sensitive positions. (It's so much easy to be a federal union flake when you're working in the bowels of some agency building that we could just as easily do without.)

Glad to hear this news (and we've seen a number of these kind of stories) and I hope they have their man.

[lavaroise]

All hail scientists and researchers of our ivory towers. They want nothing but the good of the people, just as long as they are on top of the food chain in their consumption, welfare and production schemes.

[Willie Green]

I am of the opinion that ANY federal worker who gets the opportunity to enrich themselves monetarily or in power base will do so. It is a matter of how far they are willing to go.

Well sure, it's a fundamental principle of human nature that EVERYBODY will act in their own self-interest. Nothing wrong with that, it's simply the way life is.

I'm stictly referring to the defective units who exist at the outer edges of the bell curve -- the ones with a short-circuit in the ol' gray matter which causes them to act in ways incomprehensible to 99.999% of the population.

[blackdog]

Hey, if they are doing this in plain view and with some seriousness, that is a good thing. In many cases it would be cover-up time if it pointed towards a federally managed lab.

Let's take guesses. After the dust settles, how much do you want to bet that some germ/bug/CDC lab director stands shoulder to shoulder with Tom Ridge claiming that it was the underfunded labs that allowed this to happen. We need to raise funding(fer security of our chil'ren) to make sure this never occurs again.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

Is the suspect a member of the religion of peace?

i prefer to call it the religion of prison

[rwfromkansas]

Holy cow Willie, I actually don't have anything bad to say about your comment. In fact, it may be spot on right.

Hell must be an icecube right now....:)

[DemoSmear]

Kind of like a peddler giving out free samples to drum up sales.

...or a forest firefighter starting fires...

[Gore_ War_ Vet]

Ft. Detrick was always the probable source for the weapons grade anthrax, just not the most talked about one.

Does anyone remember our stolen nuclear secrets

[blackdog]

Self interest should be incompatable with civil service. Self interest gives us Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, Marc Rich, Martha Stewart etc... I do agree with you on the human nature aspect. The only catch is that public employees are supposed to be doing what is in everyone elses best interest, not theirs.

[Dog Gone]

I would be shocked if this is a moslem. Unfortunately for us here at FR, I think we're going to find out that this was the work of some right-wing nut and the press is going to have a field day.

[Eagle Eye]

It's been known for some time that the anthrax came from Ft. Deitrich.

Enough people knew that there was a potential for anthrax early enough that the President and his people were on Cipro six weeks before the first outbreaks.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to unjustly accuse the FBI of gross competence. Ever.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

unfortunately you are probably right pisses me off too when the unibomber was arrested there was no reference to his left wing agenda

[Havisham]

Unfortunately, it's gotten to the point where if the FBI says they've got their perp, it means evidence tampering or, in that wonderful police expression, a frame. We can only hope the good guys have won the day at the FBI.

[Liberty Teeth]

"The FBI's search for the person who mailed anthrax-laced letters that killed five persons has focused on a former U.S. scientist who worked at a government laboratory where he learned how to make a weapons-grade strain of the deadly bacteria."

I wonder if this is the same person?

http://www.infowars.com/saved% 20pages/anthrax/WA%20Times.htm

[Aliska]

This might not pan out, but I posted that this was a possibility (one of our own fed employees from one of our own labs). Should be in the archives.

[Willie Green]

The only catch is that public employees are supposed to be doing what is in everyone elses best interest, not theirs.

Yeah, but that goes against human nature -- even though many (most ?) manage to balance self-interest with honesty and serve the public quite honorably.
But the bad apples do present the need for public vigilance.

[Palladin]

Thanks for the news. I've always thought it was a homegrown nutcase. Hope he gets the death penalty. He killed many innocent people.

[Eagle Eye]

Well then shut the f*ck up!

Gosh, what a well-considered reply. Tsk, tsk, no profanity.

There was only a few places where the anthrax could originate. And Detrich was known as the source quite some time ago.

Why was the President on Cipro (according to Ari Fleisher) six weeks before the out breaks? Did the FBI know something then?

[Newbomb Turk]

bump for later

[blackdog]

Agreed...But instead of the public being vigilant, I would rather see the demand for ethics and integrity come from within the agencies by example. When we demand it we are "separatists and right wing zealots".