So, you're saying .... what? That Professor Meselson is some supermastermind behind some sinister plot to cover up the true nature of the attack anthrax?
Are you saying that he somehow "duped" the FBI into lying about the nature of the attack anthrax? Wouldn't that mean he also "duped" everyone else who said or implied that they saw no additives in the anthrax?
For example, did he also "dupe" General Parker of USAMRIID into saying a week after they started examining the Daschle anthrax that, even though silicon and oxygen were detected in the anthrax, and "although we may see some things on the microscopic field that may look like foreign elements, we don't know that they're additives, we don't know what they are, and we're continuing to do research to find out what they possible could be. They're unknowns to us at this present time."?
Surely, after a week he'd have been able to tell if the spores were coated or not. Do you believe he is part of Meselson's sinister plot?
Or are you simply saying that, because you disagree with Professor Meselson's political views, he must be opposed on anything he says -- even if he's right?
“Or are you simply saying that, because you disagree with Professor Meselson’s political views, he must be opposed on anything he says — even if he’s right?”
I think JPL is saying that after Meselson’s documented deceptions over many years - Sverdlovsk, Yellow Rain and Operation Tailwind - he is not to be trusted much in any opinion he expresses on chemical and biological weapons.
The story personally related to me by Dr. Alexis Shelokov concerning Meselson’s outrageous dismissal of autopsy slides shown to him by courageous Soviet Drs. Faina Abramova and Lev Grinberg is enough for me to understand Meselson’s character.