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I have a more sinister view. Ashcroft et al. know exactly what happened and it's so politically explosive, they're covering it up. A "readiness exercise" gone dreadfully wrong? Deliberate acts by someone high enough and public enough that he is able to use the political fallout as blackmail?

This is one of the most rare, heavily controlled substances on earth. We know the very strain and where it had to come from. We know who worked with it and who their friends and families were. We know which post offices it went thru and the vectors of infection.

I'm skeptical that the same government which has apparently pre-empted several attacks since 9/11 is completely unable to develop a single credible lead in this case.

God help us.

I have a more sinister view. Ashcroft et al. know exactly what happened and it's so politically explosive, they're covering it up.

I follow the "Ashcroft et al know" but with a different scenario, and one I've seen others suggest here. It's highly possible IMHO that the U.S. Gov can link this to Iraq but doesn't want to tip Saddam that they know until the balloon is about to go up. If Saddam knew that the U.S. knew it would give him the perfect excuse in his mind to start causing major mischief now. Methinks there's a whole lot of evidence linking him to the events of last September but the government doesn't want to tip its hand just yet. Recall that one of the 9/11 hijackers supposedly visited a doctor in the time before the attacks and while the physician didn't pick up on it initially, after the fact (after the attacks) he came out and voiced his suspicion. After all, who was thinking of Anthrax back then?

I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of things that were "denied" immediately following 9/11 (like the Czech meeting with Attah) crop back up with "new" evidence. There's a big game of chess going on and Bush is writing the rules to suit the strategy. Smart, IMHO. Keeps things on our timetable, not Saddam's. Besides, the finger pointing at Iraq was so quick after 9/11 that I really think we know something that has been carefully shielded from the public's eye.

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A "readiness exercise" gone dreadfully wrong? Deliberate acts by someone high enough and public enough that he is able to use the political fallout as blackmail?

Uhm, what are you talking about? A "readiness exercise" that involves mailing anthrax to people? huh?

"This is one of the most rare, heavily controlled substances on earth." - SST

Um...false, not even close. Way out there. Care to cite a source?

Anthrax is a living bacteria. Its natural habitat is not the lab; it is the farm.

I would venture that an industrious semi-educated biologist could culture it from the dirt on a farm where cattle had recently contracted the disease, which would not be that hard to figure out.