Ed Lake's web site has voluminous coverage of the anthrax attacks and follow-up:

http://www.anthraxinvestigation.com/

This page is worth reading merely to show (a) a different "person of interest" and (b) indications that unusual or aberrant behavior was not limited to just one or two people at these labs (i.e., government offices are just like yours and mine):

http://www.anthraxinvestigation.com/PhilipZack.html

"Let us pray that our nation's leaders will not be overcome with fear. Because today there is great fear in our great Capitol. And this must be understood before we can ask about the shortcomings of Congress in the current environment. The great fear began when we had to evacuate the Capitol on September 11. It continued when we had to leave the Capitol again when a bomb scare occurred as members were pressing the CIA during a secret briefing. It continued when we abandoned Washington when anthrax, possibly from a government lab, arrived in the mail. It continued when the Attorney General declared a nationwide terror alert and then the Administration brought the destructive Patriot Bill to the floor of the House. It continued in the release of the Bin Laden tapes at the same time the President was announcing the withdrawal from the ABM treaty. It remains present in the cordoning off of the Capitol. It is present in the camouflaged armed national guardsmen who greet members of Congress each day we enter the Capitol campus. It is present in the labyrinth of concrete barriers through which we must pass each time we go to vote. The trappings of a state of siege trap us in a state of fear, ill equipped to deal with the Patriot Games, the Mind Games, the War Games of an unelected President and his unelected Vice President."

Dennis Kucinich 2002

Is known as AVA, or Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, or BioThraxtrade , and is produced by Emergent BioSolutions, Formerly BioPort.

The vaccine is referenced in articles like this one:

http://tinyurl.com/Ivins-ava-1

The new name for BioPort came about largely as a result of their infamous history, relating to never being approved for production, and being thought to be one of the chief causes of "Gulf War Syndrome". Yes, they are still around and still selling billions of dollars of this stuff to the government. Conspiracy theory sites always seem to mention that BioPort was formed by a partnership between G H W Bush and the Bin Laden group known as the Carlyle Group.

http://www.bushwatch.com/bushmoney.htm

The Point here is that the big money, and as a result, the pressure on the FBI to solve the case, was going to Emergent BioSolutions, That huge government contractor with no apparent owners and incredible government research subsidies, matched only by it's own scientific and medical incompetance.

Ivins appears to have had a secure research career, and the FBI never found anything explicitly to charge Ivins with.

Although Dr. Zack was let go, he returned frequently to visit friends, and used the Fort Detrick laboratories for “off-the-books” work after hours. After reports of missing biological specimens—including anthrax, Ebola and the simian AIDs virus—came to light, as well as reports of unauthorized research, a review of surveillance camera tapes recorded Dr. Zack entering the lab late on the night of Jan. 23, 1992, according to The Hartford Courant report. He was let in that night by Marian Rippy, a lab pathologist and close friend of Zack’s, although she now says she has no memory of the evening. She did say that Zack occasionally visited and that other friends let him in.

http://tinyurl.com/5dqre5

So, the FBI sure has curious methods these days.

They tried to frame Stephen Hatfill for anthrax: http://tinyurl.com/476qc5

They tried to frame Brandon Mayfield for the Madrid bombings: http://tinyurl.com/67kc7u

Every terror cell they roll up seems to be run by an FBI plant: http://tinyurl.com/zveyr

And, of course, now we can expect them to declare "case closed" with this "suicide".

Gee, just imagine if the Bush government had been able to use all the "anti-terror tools" they keep insisting on against Hatfill and Mayfield. You know the ones: secret court proceedings, no due process, torture confessions, etc.

They'd have convicted them. And ABC(Disney) and the other GWOT fantasy writers (24, anyone?) would have had us in Cohen's post-9/11 panic straight through from then until now, scared to death of our neighbors and surrendering our few remaining civil liberties faster than you can say, "9/11 was an inside job."

It was. Don't stop demanding answers about the obvious false flag anthrax attacks, but also make sure you check out the the History Commons' complete 9/11 timeline. Every fact sourced and sorted in time. Not the way the facts were originally presented: on page B15 or buried in the Style section, but in context. The story takes on a very different shape.

Oh, also, no use letting WaPo off the hook. Remember back in 2006 when they presented an almost entirely unsourced article saying that the anthrax was made by Jethro in his basement? (http://tinyurl.com/muqub)

Oops, nobody believed it.

And maybe that's what the FBI, Cohen, ABC and the WaPo could take away from this "botched" investigation. You can really only sell your credibility once.

Anyone who has read Amity here would think that the letter was sarcasm in the extreme.

Here's the letter again:

End of 'dialogue'

Originally published August 24, 2006

Rabbi Morris Kosman is entirely correct in summarily rejecting the demands of the Frederick Imam for a "dialogue."

By blood and faith, Jews are God's chosen, and have no need for "dialogue" with any gentile. End of "dialogue."

Here's the original article: (search for Kosman in the FrederickNewsPost.com archives for 2006 if the link does not work, link in signature):

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/archives/display_detail.htm?StoryID=60219

Local Muslim leader talks peace

Originally published August 18, 2006

By Geoffrey D. Brown

News-Post Staff

Local Muslim leader talks peace

Photo by Skip Lawrence

Imam Yahya Hendi called for Muslims and Jews to bridge their differences.

Bill Baisey KIA

FREDERICK -- The spiritual leader of Frederick County's Islamic community has issued a challenge to Frederick's Jewish community to open a dialogue on peace.

In an interview last week, Imam Yahya Hendi called for Muslims and Jews in Frederick County to get together and try to bridge differences that are at the heart of conflicts over land and resources in the Middle East.

"I call upon the Jewish community to open its doors to me as I open my doors to them," Imam Hendi said. "The Jews and Muslims of Frederick County are full brothers and sisters. Maybe opening doors here can help open them in the Holy Land."

Imam Hendi is the spiritual leader of Islamic Society of Frederick and Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University.

Imam Hendi, 40, emphasized common ground for Muslims, Jews and Christians. He quoted from the New Testament, the Quran and, in Hebrew, from the Tenach, or Hebrew bible.

Christianity, Islam and Judaism have much in common, he said, especially an emphasis on social justice and the Golden Rule. He spoke of his own faith as being one very connected to Judaism and Christianity. He argued that pointing fingers of blame will never achieve peace.

"We all have blood on our hands. Christians do, Muslims do, and Jews do, too," he said.

Dan Sikowitz, student rabbi at Congregation Kol Ami Frederick, said he would be interested in engaging Imam Hendi in dialogue, "at least from his and my perspective."

"Take it one little baby step at a time," Mr. Sikowitz said. "I think, really, that's the only way you can go about these things."

Each congregation should measure members' responses to dialogue, he said.

Rabbi Morris Kosman of Beth Sholom Congregation rejected Imam Hendi's invitation and questioned his motives.

"It's obvious that no truth is going to come out of this," Rabbi Kosman said. "I don't want to put him in a public forum."

Imam Hendi's forum is already very public. He speaks regularly at churches, teaches classes at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins universities, and recently returned from a speaking tour of Australia.

Imam Hendi stressed the importance of understanding and dialogue.

"This dialogue needs to be part of the culture. It needs to be the topic discussed everywhere," he said. "Muslims need to sit back and listen to the passionate stories of Jews and the Holocaust."

At the same time, Jews have to consider the plight of Muslims, Imam Hendi said.

"Jews and Arabs are absolute partners on the path to peace," he said. "We must not let the bitterness of the past 50 years shape the future. Peace can't happen with suicide bombings or air strikes."

He called for a separation of religion and politics -- and a greater effort by clergy to engage in peaceful solutions. He said clergy of all faiths should work toward peace.

"Maybe our clergy have been part of the problem," he said. "We have violated that concept of peace in our religions."

It's up to religious leaders to bring back the message of peace, Imam Hendi said.

"Every Jew counts, every Christian counts, every Muslim counts," he said. "The blood of every (person) is holy."

Mr. Sikowitz said he would want to discuss Imam Hendi's invitation with the synagogue.

"I would not want to get too far ahead of my congregation," he said.

Rabbi Kosman said he believes any door Imam Hendi opens for Jews will be slammed shut. He believes much of the world has a slanted opinion of Israel, and that Israeli victims of Arab violence are ignored.

He objects to international intervention in Israel's war with Hezbollah because he believes Hezbollah and other Arab groups will continue to attack Israel. And he said he doesn't trust Imam Hendi.

"This guy, and Islam, they want to kill us. There's nothing new about that for Jews. Now they want to kill Christians, too," he said. "You'll find out that Islam is out to get you. I promise you that. And I'm not a pessimist."

Rabbi Kosman said he believes Imam Hendi is looking to rehabilitate Islam's image.

"Islam is very unpopular, and he needs something," he said.

Imam Hendi said he is used to being criticized by Muslims and Jews alike. After one speech, he said, he got a letter from a Muslim condemning him as a puppet, and one from a Jew accusing him of deception.

Born in Nablus on what is now the occupied West Bank, Imam Hendi has lived in the United States for 15 years, the past six in Frederick, which he said is his favorite city in the United States.