Posted on 07/04/2004 6:08:42 AM PDT by TrebleRebel
Distinct signature found in ’01 anthrax Discovery raises hope that source can be traced By Scott Shane Sun National Staff Originally published July 4, 2004 In a possible break for the FBI's investigation of the anthrax letters of 2001, scientists have discovered that the mailed anthrax was a mix of two slightly different samples, giving the bacteria a distinct signature that might make it easier to match with a source, according to two non-government experts who have been told of the finding. The discovery that bacteria taken from the letters all grew in the double pattern was made at least a year ago, and it is not known whether the FBI's hunt for a matching sample has succeeded.
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It took almost 3 years to discover this?
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None of this passes the common sense logic test. The agencies and administration must have a good reason for witholding where this anthrax came from.
Note this paragraph from the article:
"Some bioweapons, including anthrax spores, can contain chemical additives to permit the germs to float freely in the air. Experts who have seen the mailed anthrax have been divided on what additive it contained or whether it contained one at all."
The chemicals found are the key to finding out where the anthrax came from. For some reason the FBI are denying these chemicals exist - even although government labs have conformaed they are there.
The 2 chemicals are silica and an exotic siloxane binder. This recipe comes straight out of the cookbook of the nation that developed the weaponization method.
See http://anthrax2001.blogspot.com for more details.
I don't know why they are witholding the information but they must have a very good reason.
So let's think again about the scientist that went over the bridge and was found in a river, miles away not as a perp but as a "brain" in the related scientific fields.
Let's think about the Kay? report. He said he was surprised at the advancement Saddam had made in anthrax milling.
That's just what I was thinking. What's behind this Geewecan'tfigureoutwhodidthis stuff? It's exactly like the downing of flight TWA 800, which, by the way, V.D. Hanson lists among terrorist attacks the US suffered for so long before really doing more than wringing our hands and apologizing for existing.
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Now there's a "rocket's red glare"!
Uday and Quasy...buh-bye!
The TOW trucks are here..
Weren't they using submicron bentonite, too? This is not surprising though because silica (Cab-O-Sil) and silane couplers. etc. are commonly known and used in many fields. Tens of thousands of people in food, drug, coatings, and polymer fields must know that. Cab-O-Sil N70TS is even supplied with a silicone coating.
It's about time he updated that site !
Sounds to me like a bogus leak put out there as the set-up for the next six month delay the government is going to ask the judges for.
Hmm, maybe priming the pump for an "October Surprise"?
Iraq and Anthrax?
Maybe they finally found a match to the "signature" in some lab., say in Iraq?
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