1. The sites in Florida and NJ where the packages originated are in either heavy muslim populated areas or near known terrorists killed in the 9-11 attack. The coincidence factor is just too hard to believe. Further if it were a lone domestic nut who did it, why would he travel to two distant states (FL & NJ) to send packages to two other areas (NY & DC). Such a smart scientist would realize his chance of being spotted making the mail drop would go up in each case...unless of course the ones that dropped the packages off are dead.
2. The strain of anthrax seems to be described as different. The earlier ones where described as the Ames strain. This is now claimed to be a natural strain out of Texas. What is correct? Also it specifically links the Leahy indicent to Texas but the prior ones to Ames? Multiple sources of anthrax?
3. The fact that the anthrax is more finely ground and uses chemical treatments which enhance its dispersion versus US government projects over 30 years ago shouldn't be a surprise either as both grinding technologies and surface treatments have surely improved in the commercial sector since then.
Anyway I get the gut feeling that every time the press shows some intense interest in the subject, a sliver of information, perhaps misleading, is leaked by the feds. But why?
The Ames strain was originally harvested from a cow in Texas. This Washington Post story will fill you in on what happened after that: Deadly Anthrax Strain Leaves a Muddy Trail
The Ames strain is from Texas, isn't it (in spite of the name)?
That's exactly right. New Jersey has a large middle eastern/muslim population. My focus has been on this combined with the very large number of middle eastern students attending Rutgers University. Rutgers is known for specializing in the sciences. Particularly microbiology. A couple of months ago the feds were investigating the photocopiers at Rutgers for a possible match to the anthrax letters. I found that interesting. I've been checking regularly for updates on that story in the Jersey papers.
Both are. It turns out the Ames strain actually originated in Texas, but was misidenified as coming from Ames because of the return address on the re-usable container a Texas A&M scientist used to ship the samples.
Secondly, not a single one of the letters was demonstrated to have "originated" in New Jersey.
Sure enough the letters were postmarked there, and they contaminated machinery, but there was no contamination in any mail acceptance equipment or areas.
On the other hand, evidence of actual mailing was found in Florida.
I have covered how this probably happened in depth several times on other anthrax threads. What you need to do is make a search for "Muawiyah" and "anthrax" and "postal".
YOu missed the most obvious one of them all. Florida and New Jersey have the highest concentration of Cuban immigrants in the Nation. We just threw half a dozen Cuban spies in jail, one of them working in the Pentagon.
Here's something interesting:
Cuba: Our Terrorist Neighbor To The South.****Cuban research has been centered on developing virus strains, which can be inoculated in migratory birds, such as the SV 1417 strain of the West Nile virus, which appeared mysteriously for the first time in the Western Hemisphere in New York, and which more recently has been found in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Georgia, and northern Florida.