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• Wednesday, August 6, 2008 10:26 AM

  Gary Matsumoto's Focus on Iraq in the 9/11 Anthrax Attacks

  ready1 -- most informative post! Wow. Regarding this:

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  Greenwald noted the role of Gary Matsumoto, who offers a good case study of how the Iraq-blamers never let go. On November 1, 2001, Matsumoto wrote a second article for ABC that backs off the bentonite story just a bit as "unproven," but continues to hammer the "possible Iraq connection." A year later, on October 28, 2002, with a possible war with Iraq in the offing, Matsumoto wrote an article in The Washington Post offering a fallback argument for Iraqi involvement based on silica instead of bentonite.

  In late 2003, Matsumoto reiterated his argument that Saddam Hussein must be investigated as a suspect, publishing an article in the prominent journal Science. This piece amplified his claim that anthrax powders contained silica and added a crucial new argument - that the grains had a "coating" that indicated that the anthrax was industrially processed.

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  So: Gary Matsumoto was one of the key figures who was working overtime, in tandem with neoconservatives in the Bush 43 administration, in trying to blame Iraq for criminal acts that we now know were an inside job and false flag op. Apparently he has also been quite hostile to Bruce Ivins. A few dots here have been connected which beg to be analyzed and interpreted.

  The big question: WHY was Gary Matsumoto so intent on blaming Iraq for the 9/11 anthrax attacks? What does his political network look like? What motivated him?

  Also, I now understand why Glenn Greenwald holds Ed Lake in high esteem. (I am also impressed by the high quality of CargoCult's posts. I definitely don't want to get in the middle of that crossfire.)

  —seanmcbride Read seanmcbride's other letters
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