[aristeides]

"It is not anthrax, but it is a highly lethal bacterium,"

Even if that's true, I don't see how it's any comfort. Whatever the bacterium is, if it has effects like those of anthrax, it's just as much of a threat.

[Shermy]

True.

Just to add to the confusion in the other posts here, the "suitcase" and "bag" had also been id'd as a "package."

[Fred Mertz]

What happened to the reports of the health care workers falling ill? The ones that retrieved the body.