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[Expanding a bit on peacelove's post:]
Richard Spertzel, August 5, 2008, The Wall Street Journal:
http://tinyurl.com/6e9u8n
The Wall Street Journal, and Richard Spertzel, head of the biological-weapons section of Unscom from 1994-99, have just clearly stated that they think the FBI has probably destroyed the life of an innocent man -- Bruce Ivins -- and that the real terrorists behind the 9/11 anthrax attacks inside the U.S. government are still at large and fully capable of repeating their attacks. Think about it! This situation is so outrageous in so many ways that it boggles the mind.
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The FBI has not officially released information on why it focused on Ivins, and whether he was about to be charged or arrested. And when the FBI does release this information, we should all remember that the case needs to be firmly based on solid information that would conclusively prove that a lone scientist could make such a sophisticated product.
From what we know so far, Bruce Ivins, although potentially a brilliant scientist, was not that man. The multiple disciplines and technologies required to make the anthrax in this case do not exist at Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. Inhalation studies are conducted at the institute, but they are done using liquid preparations, not powdered products.
The FBI spent between 12 and 18 months trying "to reverse engineer" (make a replica of) the anthrax in the letters sent to Messrs. Daschle and Leahy without success, according to FBI news releases. So why should federal investigators or the news media or the American public believe that a lone scientist would be able to do so?
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