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"Ivins had to go through a formal process to check out the lyopholizer, creating a record on which authorities are now relying."
If they are going to use that record as evidence then it better indicate that Ivins checked out that equipment immediately after 9/11. (BTW does anyone know if Ft. Detrick was closed down on or after 9/11 like many other government facilities?)
One thing the FBI has to prove is that Ivins created his spores and mailed them in 7 days, the first letter having been post-marked 9/18. Unless they want to allege that he had enginnered it prior to 9/11 which opens up a different set of questions.
Also, the new DNA testing was farmed out to private companies that have signed confidentiality agreements with the FBI, so watch for that as the excuse not to allow a "thorough review of its underlying data."
BTW, as I recently stated on the previous anthrax comments, as of this morning on the Today Show, NBC was still reporting the original sorority story describing the mail box as being near the sorority house. Pathetic.
