[Allan]

How paranoid would one have to be
to have taken seriously
in advance
the 9/11 plot
or Iran-Contra
or attempted assassination by exploding cigar
or any number of other similar incidents?

Or to have anticipated the appearance
out of nowhere
of anthrax
many times more pure
more concentrated
and more refined
than any ever known to have been produced
previously
by U.S. authorities.

The most bizarre
and improbable event
of all.

The explanation
of how this came about
no doubt requires an explanation
far more bizarre
than any
that can be imagined
by any tin-foil people here.

It is unlikely
however
that it ever will be made known.

[apokatastasis]

the appearance out of nowhere of anthrax many times more pure more concentrated and more refined than any ever known to have been produced previously by U.S. authorities

Well, the US program stopped in 1969, but the Soviet program continued at least until 1991. We know this because the deputy director, Ken Alibek, defected. They did absolutely crazy things, like loading ICBMs with the Black Death. So if I had to guess where the recipe for the 2001 anthrax was discovered, I'd say it was in the Soviet program or its post-Soviet successor.