I find Greenwald’s article to be completely dishonest. It’s an attempt to blame America’s lack of opposition to the Iraq/Afghanistan invasions on a handful of sensationalist articles, denied by the government. As with Vietnam, now that America is taking casualties and is finding occupation is not the cakewalk it expected, it’s looking for an out, and someone to blame.

Investigators suspected Fort Detrick, rather than Iraq, as the Anthrax source as early as October 2001, and suspected Hatfill in 2002. Greenwald himself acknowledges that this was reported in the press: ‘FBI focusing on a domestic culprit”, “White House resists that Iraq is behind germ warfare” and “ABC noted, from the start, that the White House denied the reports”.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-anthrax-suspect-commits-suicide-as-fbi-net-closes-in-883263.html

The bentonite story itself is highly reminiscent of the UK’s Kelly/Gilligan affair, where Gilligan finally admitted to ’sexing-up’ the story, after Kelly’s suicide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_%28weapons_expert%29

I am not a doctor, and forgive me if someone has posted on this. CIPRO is a wide spectrum antibiotic, its not just specific to anthrax. I recall that in preparing for a trip to Africa, it was recommeded by a doctor specializing in tropical medicine that we complete a regimen of CIPRO prior to arrival. It knocks out a lot of stuff, not just anthrax, so it would be logical for the government's elite to be dispensed this if there was even a possibility of a biological agent attack. Which would have been reasonable after 9/11.

I still believe that Ivins' death is fishy and ABCNews in particular has some explaining to do. But the dispensing of CIPRO to the government 'leaders' as a precaution doesn't surprise me.

And I'm sorry that it's even necessary to think this, let alone say it, but could we please also include an investigation into the specifics of Bruce Ivins "suicide" ... just to make sure that the CIA didn't murder him?

Every time I believe I can't get more ashamed of my government, the Bush administration proves me wrong. There's NOTHING they won't do to cover up what they've done. It's time to abandon the little shovels and get one of those big earth moving suckers that you operate from a cab with levers ....and start some serious digging.

The MSM hasn't gotten it right for the last seven years, and their rush to call this "suicide" isn't convincing - actually the timing is just a little too convenient for me to believe that it wasn't "assisted suicide" ... sort of like that CIA officer who just happened to "jump" out the window on LSD and it turned out that he was pushed because he was getting ready to spill the beans on the sale of biological weapons to the Middle East .....

Oh for a return to the days ... if they ever existed ... when our "Intelligence Services" were actually something other than the guys that do the "wet work" for the Empire ....

On this "social worker" and "theripist" [sic], Jean Duley:

(1) My gut tells me that we should probably verify that she has an LMSW. You have to have the license to call yourself a "social worker." http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/dr-bruce-ivins-ms-jean-duley-and-the-fbis-court-document/

(2) After examining the restraining order dated 07/24/08, she filed against Ivins we can come to several conclusions:

A. She doesn't have professional grade writing skills and even misspelled therapist as "theripist."

B. She doesn't seem at all familiar with the current professional labels and sequela necessary to understand, describe or diagnose the psychopathology alleged to be involved. She claims that Ivins' psychiatrist "called him homicidal, sociopathic with clear intentions [and] will testify with other details [.] FBI involved [;] currently under investigation and will be charged [with five] murders."

C. Following from (B) above, "sociopath" is a term some very old psychiatrists continue to use. It has been replaced since the 60s-70s with the more specifically characterized category, "anti-social personality disorder," which IMHO Ivins does not exhibit. Major Depression, yes.

D. Even worse for the reputation of the "psychiatrist," the description seems to have been rendered after the fact. In other words, this "psychiatrist" seems already under the impression that Ivins was "sociopathic," which is a term used in FBI circles. So who gave this very old and not up to date "psychiatrist" the clinical impression that Ivins was "homocidal, sociopathic, with clear intentions" once the guy sought treatment at "FMH" [hospital?] and was transferred on a self-commitment to "sheppard pratt" [sic] [psychiatric hospital?].

E. If the "theripist" [sic] received a threatening phone call on 7/11/08 at 11:25 (am?) after Ivins committed himself [should be documented in Sheppard Pratt medical chart that he made a call], why did she wait until the FBI had Ivins under investigation to file a restraining order on 7/24/08?

F. Why did the "Cpl. Easted" (sp?) go the next day to Ft. Detrick to deliver the restraining order at word, but when he was told that Ivins had been barred from the property, he did not follow-up by attempting to deliver the order to his home? Indeed, there was no follow-up at all after the first attempt at the workplace until 7/29/08, when Cpl. Gary W. Cline made a note on the "Return of Service" form that Ivins was deceased. So where is the urgency in a legal process where the alleged "sociopath" has a "clear intention"? But then, Ivins sought treatment himself, right?

G. Why did the "theripist" [sic] note on her application for restraining order that Ivins was to be charged with five murders? Who made her privy to that confidential information? Why did the county process agents not demonstrate enough concern for her safety then to even follow-up after only apparently one attempt at service? Had Ivin's provided that knowledge to her during therapy? Or did the FBI provide it to her?

H. Why did this "social worker," Jean Duley, project motivation into Ivins' self-commitment on the form by stating that his self-commitment was done so that he could retain the legal power to leave treatment at his discretion? How did that experience-based professional projection come into the mind of such an unskilled, undereducated "theripist" [sic]? If that was the case, why was he not legally committed?

I. Why was there never a mention from these psychiatric and social work professionals concerning suicidal ideations? Are we dealing with a blatant misdiagnoses of a man who would sit for hours weeping at his desk, a man who had lost all motivation to work and eventually to live, a man who finally (APPARENTLY) acted to end his suffering with an overdose of an opiod/analgesic medication unrelated to either the appropriate diagnosis of depression or the misdiagnoses described inappropriately as "sociopathic"?

J. Why did Jean Duley neglect the question on the form concerning sexual assault or intimidation? Did she simply overlook the question or does it have unconscious meaning?

K. Why did Jean Duley write "confidential" into the space asking for both her work and home address? These were necessary to identify the addresses from which the "perpetrator" was to stay away. Was it because she knew the form would be used outside the narrow process she was initiating? Did she fear her address would become public knowledge? If so, why did she fear her address would become public or be used in other legal processes?

(3) Coup de Grâce [pardon the pun): Jean Duley, Ivins' alleged "theripist" [sic], was so frightened of this "homicidal," "sociopathic" (who had become so angry at the FBI's harassment that despite homicidal ideations with "a clear intent," he checked himself into a hospital and then accepted transfer on a self-commitment), that she waited two-weeks to file a restraining order. Not! This undereducated, inexperienced "theripist" [sic] was brought in and encouraged to file, during which she apparently asked questions regarding things like her address and was told what to fill in. Otherwise, her complaint is a hurried and unmitigated mess with dates and times supplied to her.

(4) This man was not "sociopathic." More to the point, he was not anti-social and did not display any of the signs and symptoms that would have been the appropriate diagnoses. When depressed, it is not unusual for a person to experience homicidal ideations. All some men have to do is think "Mother-in-Law" to experience them even at a picnic.

(5) This faux-diagnoses has been contrived. The question obviously points to the FBI and the people who are genuinely manipulating evidence following 911 to provide cover for something else going on. This is probably more sloppy field work than what was evident from the Niger Yellow-cake Forgery.

(6) Look for all genuine professional documentation to vanish into thin air.