[Nogbad]

This was a consensual search.

According to CNN and NBC
there have been dozens of such searches.
Nothing suspicious has been found.

[denydenydeny]

The FBI is still trying for that self-fulfilling prophecy.

[keri]

Thanks. Not surprised nothing suspicious has been found. They've only been advertising for months now that every private researcher in the country is a suspect.

[Mitchell]

Thanks for the ping.

If this were the anthrax mailer, I doubt very much that he'd agree to a "consensual search." This would appear to be somebody looking to clear himself; from the FBI's point of view, they would like to appear to be making some progress on the case.

Moreover, even if somebody else from Ft. Detrick turns out to be implicated in some fashion, that does not make this an act of domestic terrorism or in any way confirm Barbara Hatch Rosenberg's tireless speculations. The anthrax sent by Islamic terrorists could well be derived from anthrax stolen from a U.S. lab. (Being of the Ames strain, it is derived, directly or indirectly, from anthrax obtained in the U.S. either legitimately or illegitimately. It might have been from an academic research lab or from a military lab; it probably was not collected in the wild. But, after being obtained, the anthrax was likely grown in large quantities elsewhere and weaponized elsewhere before being provided to the terrorists; finding out about that would be much more interesting than discovering the original source of the anthrax sample that was used.)