FBI draining pond in its anthrax investigation
"... One of the sources said investigators decided to drain the pond because they did not want to be criticized later for not following a potential lead. The pond is in a city-owned forest near the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, one of several U.S. labs that has had anthrax stocks.It is one of 10 ponds near Gambrill State Park that FBI divers searched in December and January after some theorized that the anthrax attacker could have discarded equipment there. During those searches, a plastic box and rope were found in the pond that now is being drained. The discovery led some investigators to speculate that the culprit could have kept the box in water while using it to load powder containing anthrax into envelopes that were sent to media outlets and two U.S. senators. The theorizers say this could be how the culprit was not contaminated. However, other law enforcement sources dispute that theory.
The theory was buoyed when initial tests on the rope indicated traces of anthrax, four federal law enforcement sources familiar with the probe told USA TODAY last month. But the sources said further testing contradicted those results, casting doubt among investigators about whether the box and rope were related to the attacks.
One of the sources said investigators decided to drain the pond because they did not want to be criticized later for not following a potential lead
Well, that's true enough in a big case. I think if Laci's body didn't float up the "Peterson" threads here would be filled with voices demanding San Francisco Bay be pumped dry. ;)
Liberal media hates the FBI, the police, the CIA, the Justice Department and the military.
They also hate naming sources unless it furthers their agenda.
Leni