[Alas]

Get real, would you turn anything over to the fbi without making copies?

To trust them with the only copy is dumber than claiming that it happened in the first place.

But, if you want to trust the fbi and take the word of the baby killers down at planned parenthood, well I guess that's your right.

[ikanakattara]

Would I make copies of a letter I suspected had anthrax spores on it? That would be *madness.* You would contaminate the copy machine and risk spreading it to everyone else in the office. Those letters are probably long sealed in canisters awaiting testing at some FBI or other lab.

I hate abortion and think it should be illegal, but this is over the top. People who pull this kind of stunt, even if the letters contain no anthrax, are taking up the haz-mat teams' time and resources. They are just as much terrorists as Al-Qaeda, and should be treated as saboteurs in time of war.

[Cu Roi]

Get real, would you turn anything over to the fbi without making copies?

To trust them with the only copy is dumber than claiming that it happened in the first place.

When you open a letter and it contains something suspicious, the best thing to do is put it down, get away, and call law enforcement, not go to the copy room before the police show up.

There is also the possibility that law enforcement does not want the details of the letter disclosed to the press because it might compromise an open investigation.

Look, if you think this is a hoax by Planned Parenthood, call the FBI for confirmation. If PPFA is behind this, I can't see them actually turning over the letters. But until you provide some actual evidence that they did this, you just sound like those crackpots in the Middle East who go on about how there were no Jews in the WTC on Sept. 11.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Here take this suspicious powder covered letter over to the Xerox and make a couple of copies.
Still can't figure out why they did not make copies ?
It seems quite obvious.....use your head.

[FreeLibertarian]

Get real, would you turn anything over to the fbi without making copies?

If there were a chance the suspect letters contained Anthrax I wouldn't touch them to make copies nor would I want them in my possesion. And if I were a reporter I damned sure wouldn't want to touch an original.

Your comments are very irrational!

[alnick]

Would you handle a piece of paper supposedly coated with anthrax in order to run a xerox copy of it? That is exactly the kind of thing that you shouldn't do. You should immediately put it down and DON'T TOUCH IT ANYMORE and let the authorities come and get it.

[Illbay]

Get real, would you turn anything over to the fbi without making copies?

Er, I certainly would if it had "mystery powder" on it!

[Illbay]

But, if you want to trust the fbi and take the word of the baby killers down at planned parenthood, well I guess that's your right.

Yes, I do trust the FBI. But "trusting" Planned Parenthood isn't the issue. In fact, what I'M saying is "wait a minute, how can you dismiss this out of hand based on how you 'feel' about it?"

I'm saying I neither "trust" nor "distrust." If the FBI got the stuff, we should hear about it presently, right?