Expert: Anthrax Suspect I.D.'d

The Times (New Jersey Online) ^ | February 19th, 2002 | Joseph Dee

[wimpycat]

PRINCETON BOROUGH -- An advocate for the control of biological weapons who has been gathering information about last autumn's anthrax attacks said yesterday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has a strong hunch about who mailed the deadly letters.

But the FBI might be "dragging its feet" in pressing charges because the suspect is a former government scientist familiar with "secret activities that the government would not like to see disclosed," said Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, director of the Federation of American Scientists' Chemical and Biological Weapons Program.

[Thud]

Also keep in mind that the disinformation plan is in full swing now. I wouldn't believe any stories on the subject at this point, even those which implicate Iraq. The federal govt. has also been known to bring false criminal charges to support coverups and disinformation campaigns.

[Mitchell]

I wouldn't believe any stories on the subject at this point, even those which implicate Iraq.

I think the full story is likely to be more complicated than a simple position that says that Iraq is the one responsible. I've wondered for some time if there might not have been a behind-the-scenes alliance prior to 9/11, involving perhaps Iran, Iraq, and elements in Pakistan, as well as al-Qaeda. There's growing evidence of Iranian involvement in terrorism. And Pres. Bush's axis-of-evil speech suggests that he has evidence of such an alliance; I think we should take that speech at face value, not as some exaggerated metaphor. [Just speculating, I also wonder what role China might play in all this.]

[Thud]

Watch this story:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/633439/posts

If the Fort McPherson incident really is anthrax, it will be interesting watching the feds spin about it.

[Museum Twenty]

It is entirely possible that it was an inside job AND Radical Islamic Terrorism.

The RIT's (Radical Islamic Terrorists) have been around for many years (the WTC garage bomb was in 1993), and apparently they have been instructed to blend in.

It may be that the guilty party was (is?) publicly a gov't scientist, hired during the Clinton years (when diversity had priority over security), while secretly being a RIT.

I've often worried about insiders fitting this category: Appearing to be average blending-in Joes, while secretly being RIT's. We've all heard rumors about plumbers in the WTC sabotaging the building(s) before the Attack. Who knows how many RITs are out there?

Remember the threat about airplanes falling from the skies? I doubt that it is passengers who are the real threat.

May the Lord God watch over us all -- and prevent the day when the RIT's decide to make another well-coordinated strike.

All, please remember the words of Mr. Sinatra: Be Awake, Be Alert, Be Aware!!

[JusticeLives]

Bingo.

[Mitchell]

Also keep in mind that the disinformation plan is in full swing now. I wouldn't believe any stories on the subject at this point, even those which implicate Iraq. The federal govt. has also been known to bring false criminal charges to support coverups and disinformation campaigns.

It looks like you hit the nail on the head with your remark that the disinformation plan was in full swing. Now we're back to the Milwaukee scientist (who may or may not be involved, but, if so, he didn't act alone). It will be interesting to see what the spin will be.

[Thud]

I just saw the story and expect the feds to file charges. Keep Wen Ho Lee in mind.

[The Great Satan]

I think the full story is likely to be more complicated than a simple position that says that Iraq is the one responsible.

My prediction: when the truth is known, the story will be very simple. Saddam Hussein conceived and orchestrated the destruction of the WTC, cultivating an alliance with bin Laden to recruit Muslim fanatics for the suicide mission. The anthrax is from Saddam, designed to deter the US from pointing the finger at Iraq and retaliating for the attack. Al-Qaeda are basically out-of-the-loop on the anthrax, since the technology to make the aerosolizable anthrax sent to Daschle is currently beyond them. Iran has nothing to do with the anthrax, nor does any other Middle-Eastern government or terrorist organization.

Bookmark this thread, and let's revisit this once the source of the anthrax is publicly identified by the Bush Administration.

[Mitchell]

I said: I think the full story is likely to be more complicated than a simple position that says that Iraq is the one responsible.

You replied: My prediction: when the truth is known, the story will be very simple. Saddam Hussein conceived and orchestrated the destruction of the WTC, cultivating an alliance with bin Laden to recruit Muslim fanatics for the suicide mission. The anthrax is from Saddam, designed to deter the US from pointing the finger at Iraq and retaliating for the attack. Al-Qaeda are basically out-of-the-loop on the anthrax, since the technology to make the aerosolizable anthrax sent to Daschle is currently beyond them. Iran has nothing to do with the anthrax, nor does any other Middle-Eastern government or terrorist organization.

You could be right -- I don't think there's really isn't enough evidence to go on to tell yet exactly who in Asia is behind either the Sept. 11 attack or the anthrax mailings.

But there is documentary evidence that the Pakistani nuclear scientists were working on anthrax bombs in Afghanistan. Iran demonstrably has a variety of terrorist connections (in addition to the well-publicized shipment of arms to the Palestinians and their support for Hezbollah over the years, there was just a report that Iran was responsible for the Lockerbie airplane bombing).

I don't think that the Bush administration, including even Powell, would have gone with the "axis of evil" approach unless they had evidence of an alliance arrayed against us. (If there were no such alliance, it would have been counterproductive for us to push Iraq and Iran together, creating an "axis" where none existed.)

I also wonder about China's role, if any, in all this.

[Thud]

See my No. 187.

[Dark Wing]

The Ft. McPherson anthrax was reportedly a hoax.

I do agree with your point about Federal disinformation campaigns. The Feds showed with the initial AMI Anthrax outbreak that they will lie at the first opportunity when the subject of bioterrorism is concerned. HHS Sec. Tommy Thompson purposely lied about the nature of the initial anthrax infections (intestinal, via drinking water, rather than pulmonary via anthrax spores) to buy the Feds time that they woefully misused. As the dead postal workers later showed with a bullet.

As for filing false charges, the FBI has in fact fabricated evidence and covered up further murders by a contract killer in the Federal witness protection program.

Rep. Dan Burton is being stonewalled by the Bush Administration on this particular case at the mement, if I am remembering various news reports correctly.

[Thud]

It's too bad the feds are backing away from the indictment of a designated scapegoat in this matter.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020225-81344518.htm
vs.
http://www.wjla.com/news/showstory.hrb?f=n&s=32382&f1=nat

I was hoping we could start a judging contest with point awards for Sincerity, Style, Plausbility, Originality, etc.

"Rush, I think Plato Cacheris deserves more than 5.4 for sincerity on his first press conference given that John Ashcroft got a 5.5 when announcing the indictment last month."

[mafree]

Bump.