But it's "unsupported" only to people who refuse to believe it.
Perhaps he could have cited statements made by experts who stated that they saw no additives in the anthrax. He could have provided testimony by hundreds of microbiologists to "prove" that you do not need additives to make anthrax spores "fly." But he didn't.
It certainly would have been nice if he had published pictures of the attack anthrax to show that there were no additives, but such pictures are evidence in a crime. Going as far as he did was probably as far as he could go.
Dr. Meselson and Dr. Alibek in unison (see letter to WP) said that they didn’t silica.
There’s no basis to dispute them (just reason to credit AFIP’s finding that it was detected by the EDX). And no reason to suggest that they would publicly misrepresent their view given that it was all verifiable by folks such as Dr. Patrick.
Dr. Alibek simultaneously argued in detail that Al Qaeda was responsible.
Who does Dr. Meselson think was responsible?
I saw him on Charlie Rose about October 10 or 12, 2001 with Dr. Steve Morse and he had a very impressive demeanor and struck me as dispassionately interested in the mystery of the letters being solved — with no axe to grind or agenda.
What does Dr. Morse think on the subject of silica? He was in charge of DARPA’s biological countermeasures and would have had close contact with Ken and GMU. Who does he think is responsible?
Given that he is not a witness, and instead science is involved, there’s really no need for any heat on the subject — just light.
But let’s take note again: the key expert relied upon by Ed thinks Al Qaeda is responsible. While 200 million may now think Al Qaeda is responsible for the anthrax mailngs, there are not more than 3 people on the planet that think a First Grader wrote the letter. And that’s a FACT.