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From the Washington Post today:

The Washington Post reported yesterday that the spores in the Daschle letter had been treated with a chemical additive using technology so sophisticated that it almost certainly came from the United States, Iraq or the former Soviet Union. A government official with direct knowledge of the investigation has said that the totality of the evidence so far suggests it is unlikely the spores were originally produced in the former Soviet Union or Iraq.

Notice that the WarshPost reporter/editor crafted the language so that it was possible to "blame America first".

Anyone who had any doubt about the patriotism of the scum and human maggots associated with the WarshPost - it's owners, writers, pressmen, drivers, carriers, advertisers, editors, managers - they should be dispelled.

"The Washington Post reported yesterday that the spores in the Daschle letter had been treated with a chemical additive using technology so sophisticated that it almost certainly came from the United States, Iraq or the former Soviet Union.

A government official with direct knowledge of the investigation has said that the totality of the evidence so far suggests it is unlikely the spores were originally produced in the former Soviet Union or Iraq."

I'm glad you provided that quote from the WP ...it seems to me it's a statement that was deliberately crafted to entrap the not very scientifically literate press.

The first part of the statement indicates that the coating technology is indicative of either the US, Soviet Union or Iraq.

The second part of the statement seems to eliminate the Soviet Union and Iraq (inferring the anthrax came from the US to the casual reader).

What it actually infers is that the original spore strain ...the Ames strain ...came from the US ...which is true.

Essentially, it says that the US originally provided the anthrax stock to the Soviet Union and Iraq ...this in no way eliminates Iraq from being the prime culprit as the source of the Daschle anthrax sample.

The Washington Post reported yesterday that the spores in the Daschle letter had been treated with a chemical additive using technology so sophisticated that it almost certainly came from the United States, Iraq or the former Soviet Union. A government official with direct knowledge of the investigation has said that the totality of the evidence so far suggests it is unlikely the spores were originally produced in the former Soviet Union or Iraq.

The operative words in this sentence are "originally produced". This is referring to their genetic provenance, not where they most recently came from, ie., where they were processed with the additive. That appears to have been Iraq.