[Allan]

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[Allan]

Another significant sentence from the article:

the mailings could not be the work of either an amateur or a loner
given the extent of scientific knowledge, technical competence and access to equipment
required to convert anthrax spores into such a deadly, finely aerosolized weapon.

Took them a little while
but maybe the mainstream finally is catching on.

[Hunble]

I will trust President Bush.

He knows exactly where this originated, but the time is not right to disclose our sources.

[Sabertooth]

To skip WP reg process, click here, then click on the headline, "Anthrax, One Year Later."

[Nick Danger]

The brutal truth is that he -- or they -- could strike again.

In the next editorial, they'll tell us that there's no reason why we have to attack Iraq, and that it's perfectly OK for Saddam Hussein to have tons of Anthrax munitions.

[Sabertooth]

((((((growl)))))

[Wordsmith]

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[Wordsmith]

The fact that the government, at this late date, cannot rule out foreign or state-sponsored terrorism, or theft of weaponized spores from an existing biodefense program by a disaffected U.S. scientist, leaves the public further in the dark.

...The brutal truth is that he -- or they -- could strike again.

And, in other news...

(Reuters) - President Bush delivered a New Year's Eve warning on Tuesday that any attack on the United States by Iraq or a group working on its behalf could cripple the U.S. economy.

Are the dots being connected?

[VOA]

Several months ago the government searched Mr. Hatfill's possessions and drove him from
his job -- but it still won't call him a suspect, charge him with a crime or clear him.

Well, Hatfill has got what he deserves, if you read rags like The Washington Post.

He is:
white
male
middle-aged
(probably) conservative

As far as most publications like The Washington Post are concerned, he might
as well been Randy Weaver with an advanced degree in the sciences...

The Washington Post wouldn't give a fig if he was an academic who didn't get
a tenure-track job due to "affirmative action"...why should they care if their beloved
saviour (Federal Bureacracy) ruins his life over the little matter of a few grams of
weaponized anthrax...

[Diana Rose]

I was wondering how pi$$ed is Saddam? He dusts Anthrax to prove he has it and give a hint at what it can do ****and drum roll please*** ...the American people go nuts with fear over Smallpox.

The guy has to be thinking he can't get any respect.

LOL

[The Great Satan]

From an account of the NSC meeting of October 17, 2001 (Bush at War, Bob Woodward, pp 244-245):

They turned to the hot topic of anthrax. The powder in the letter mailed to Senator Daschle's office had been found to be potent, prompting officials to suggest its source was likely an expert capable of producing the bacteria in large amounts. Tenet said, "I think it's AQ" -- meaning al Qaeda. "I think there's a state sponsor involved. It's too well thought out, the powder's too well refined. It might be Iraq, it might be Russia, it might be a renegade scientist," perhaps from Iraq or Russia.

Scooter Libby, Cheney's chief of staff, said he also thought the anthrax attacks were state sponsored. "We've got to be careful on what we say." It was important not to lay it on anyone now. "If we say it's al Qaeda, a state sponsor may feel safe and then hit us thinking they will have a bye because we'll blame it on al Qaeda."

"I'm not going to talk about a state sponsor," Tenet assured them.

"It's good that we don't," said Cheney, "because we're not ready to do anything about it."