Letters to the Editor
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Science too Threatening to Believers
Timberman: "While reading Glenn's analysis on the previous ABC thread, my thought was that it was odd that ABC should have been pushing this bentonite business at the same time that the White House was denying any definite link between the anthrax attacks and Iraq."
The problem with chemical analysis as opposed to a meeting of terrorists, a request for Yellowcake, or aluminum tubes (which of course were purchased by Iraq, just not for nuclear devises), is that the chemical is there in the sample or it ain't, and the chance of getting a whole lab of nerdy scientists to go along with your story is tough--its hard work! Best to stick to human stories of exotic third world adventures and "experts'" opinions rather than scientific facts when hoodwinking the public.