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The anthrax letters were addressed to Daschle and Leahy. Why those two in particular?
At the time, Daschle was the Senate Majority leader and Leahy was head of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both were identified in the media as holding up the proposed Patriot Act (signed into law on October 26, 2001) because of concerns that it would violate civil liberties.
Conclusion? Whoever did this was trying to push through the Patriot Act!
Now if somebody thought it was a good idea to have a “New Pearl Harbour” like 9-11, mightn’t they think that getting the Patriot Act though in the aftermath was also critically important?
