"The second prong of the AMERITHRAX investigation is
focused on an examination of the anthrax spores which were found within the envelopes mailed to the victims of the attacks."
These are the spores that the Army labs publicly stated were coated with silica to prevent clumping and which other military labs privately stated were also processed with the aid of a polymerized glass binder - a process that was previously unknown to any US bioweaponeers.
These are the same spores that FBI scientist Dwight Adams privately stated had no additives at all.
Who is right and why is this happening? Does the media even care?
The subject matter is difficult and complicated, hard to understand. Even harder for a "journalist" of contemporary quality to write coherently about.
Unless the perp turns out to be a conservative, the media would prefer Amerithrax to go away.
No offense intended toward Shane and Matsumoto, who have both written intelligently on the subject.