[Diogenesis]

"..the bureau now plans to test Atta's rental car and Florida residence for the presence of the deadly bacteria."

This cant be true. How could they have waited?

[appeal2]

I thought FBI stood for Fumbling Bunch of Idiots. That's what the mob always said.

[OldFriend]

I for one am not going to react to news stories that change from moment to moment. At any given time you can change the channel and hear a story opposite to the one you just heard.

[JayNorth]

This cant be true. How could they have waited?

The problem is LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. If you or I (the little people) leave out a comma or don't dot an "I" or cross a "T" there is hell to pay. There is none of that when a member of the bureaucracy does things ten times worse by commission or by omission. (Can you tell I am a small business owner?)

[marajade]

You know with all the fourth amendment wackos posting here on FR lately you can't have it both ways. Maybe they didn't have any indicators that might have led them to believe there was antrax at first. I mean one could simply hide it in something as simple as a baby powder container and not think twice about it. I'm willing to give the FBI a break.

[marajade]

Again we still have those here at FR wanting Ashcroft to expend his energy going after Clinton and alleged campaign money from China.

Just how should Ashcroft expend his personnel resources?

[Young Werther]

In the Jon Benet case the police waited 14 or so months before they conducted a door to door to see whether the neighbors had seen anything suspicious on the night of the crime. Good police work, huh?

Haven't any of these crime stoppers watched an episode of Columbo?