Anthrax confirmed in NY Gov. Pataki's New York City office.
Also Breaking...
Baltimore, MD, has received a specific threat of an anthrax attack at 1:15 PM ET, according to the city's mayor. No further details.
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ML - On your rant, not a flame, but a polite disagreement.
They are not going to meet somewhere else. They have adjourned - gone home till next Tuesday. I would not feel so ashamed of their actions if it were such they went somewhere else to sit. As it is, they have chosen not to do so, but to run until they are told their rear ends are safe.
[BTW - They would have to sit in Washington, somewhere, according to Federal law.]
Let's contrast with NBC. Did they close the whole building? No. Did they shut down? No.
Hard to believe it, but I'm holding an element of the Fourth Estate at a higher level than the National Legislature.
Facts on the ground are actually fairly simple. One certified anthrax release, ZERO people infected, two dozen EXPOSED. EVERYONE hosed down. Floor and wing of Senate Office Building quaranteed pending sweep. Anthrax, even weapons grade, is basically non communicable (except under very rare and discreet circumstances).
Word of this is spreading through Federal office buildings with tens of thousands of Federal workers who are, quite frankly, wondering why these chosen 535 should be, in perceived matters of life and death, viewed as "more important". An overreaction. And shameful. Period.
Well, as I speak, there is a vote going on in the House (C-Span) and the Senate is meeting in a closed session to figure out WHAT to do.