Mr. Smith? If that is his real name.
I suddenly feel like Angeline Jolie in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”
Is it this guy?
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/smith.html
http://www.computerbytesman.com/anthrax/index.htm
Who is this handsome and enigmatic Smith that the US Attorney is asked about by Dr. Hatfill’s attorney?
Or is it Mr. Smith aka “Dick Destiny”?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/fbi_anthrax_attacks/
Or is it someone else.
Of course, Smith is a common name. But this guy featured in the article below is a POI worth considering for the Hatfill classmate. He seems to have been interested in Amerithrax dating back to at least 2001 when he was quoted with BHR, seems to be a preeminent authority on alternative theories and mastered the material while exploring alternative hypotheses. He is quoted with BHR and Ed in an early article about a “bioevangelist theory.” He seems to have created a webpage on anthrax theories that serves as a honey trap, capturing IP addresses. (Don’t go there or you’ll be ensnared in his dastardly web! Oops. Too late.) Privately, I believe he doesn’t credit an Al Qaeda theory — which for someone who is up-to-date on the material is surprising. (The Al-Timimi information is off the charts). And my sense is that he knows a lot of journalists given how often he is quoted as an expert authority on this or that relating to privacy, computer security or the internet.
“If the Internet is like the Old West—wild and untamed—then Richard Smith is the closest thing we have to a town sheriff.”
“In Web We Trust?: The Eyes of Richard Smith”
Monday, April 24, 2000 12:00 AM PDT
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,16444-page,11-c,privacy/article.html