The abstract you quote states quite clearly that Dr. Ivins worked with anthrax in aerosol form, putting to rest that Ft. Detrick only worked with wet material and all airborne anthrax work was done elsewhere (e.g. at Dugway).

Yucch, nobody looks at or reads porn (that that age me or what?) they "use" it. And then presumably, wipe it off and put it away for the next "use".

Aren't you a member of the Playboy Generation? (i.e., paper)

You've never seen a copy with pages stuck together?

The brother as much as said Ivins was gay.

Didn't you hear me? GAY!

And Gay and Guilty start with the same letter!

This link may indirectly explain one of the biggest mysteries in the case: why he did it!

(Never mind the blindfolded women. GAY!)

Glenn,

Please forgive me if I'm repeating something you have already printed. If you did, I missed it.

At wtop.com (link to be provided later; did not copy correctly)

". . . Maryland's Chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler, confirmed Saturday that the cause of Ivins' death was found to be an overdose of acetaminophen; the active drug in Tylenol, and that it was ruled a suicide BASED ON INFO FROM POLICE AND DOCTORS, according to the AP.

Kimberly Thomas, a forensic examiner with the MD office of the Chief Medical Examiner, would not comment Saturday on RESULTS FROM IRVINS' AUTOPSY or confirm Dr. Fowler's statement."

At this same site, I clicked on menu for the ridiculous sorority story and here is an excerpt involving E-MAILS:

"There is nothing to indicate Ivins was focused on any one sorority member or other Princeton [NJ] student, the officers said. Instead, the officers said IVINS' E-MAILS and other statements detail his long-standing fixation on the organization." [Kappa Kappa Gamma]

So, were "Ivins' e-mails" found on the 2 confiscated computers from the Frederick Co. MD Public Library? [if so, I ain't buying it]

Anyone interested might Google: Operation Artichoke. Looks like the same fingerprints to me.

It's scary what ooemex points out on how we all could be desribed/defined if someone wanted to.

The gun nuts are correct on this. Anyone that has a couple of old rifles will be described as having a weapons cache. Anyone that has looked (used) at porn is viewed as a twisted perv. Anyone of us here that post regularly could be called obsessive anti-government extremists. Never mind that there is a wide swath of ideologies, they would pick the most sensational. Hell, they might even call us radical racists by picking apart Electro's old sarcastic comments as legit and branding us all in agreement because we ignored his baiting.

It's scary. If Ivins was innocent, no wonder he killed himself, especially after they harassed his family. Damn.

Glenn writes that we need "...an external Commission of the type that investigated the 9/11 attacks -- endowed with full subpoena power...." He's mentioned this in different posts, if I remember correctly.

Anything like the 9/11 Commission is what we do not need! That commission was biased before it began and the report itself is a sham. Full subpoena power would be great, but what good would it do if they refuse to submit?

To paraphrase, LWM seems concerned that Glenn's investigation and questioning may blur the line between the "cult" of those seeking the truth about what happened on 9/11, and the "legitimate" people who wouldn't ever look deeper than the 9/11 Commission's report.

No, we only want to follow the clues and evidence up to a point. We wouldn't want to actually follow wherever they may lead.

Doctor Ivins is still dead, the FBI once again tranished, and if the past year has been any guide, the Executive Branch will simply ignore any and all summons before Congress. The Bush Administration will run out the clock or claim this is election year politicking.

Let me be clear: I fully support Congress initiating a full inquiry, with hearings and subpenas and whatnot. But I also want to be realistic about how much (or little) Congress will be able to get out of the Executive Branch on this, especially given the bombshell from Ron Suskin's new book and how this mess ties into the Administration's march to war. Under these circumstances, anyone in the know within the White House or elsewhere is tossing their careers into the garbage if they testify before Congress.

The country needs an accounting of this. I'm just not certain we'll ever get one.

According to Richard Spertzel (head of the biological-weapons section of Unscom from 1994-99) in an article in the WSJ (see sig link), "The latest line of speculation asserts that the anthrax's DNA, obtained from some of the victims, initially led investigators to the laboratory where Ivins worked. But the FBI stated a few years ago that a complete DNA analysis was not helpful in identifying what laboratory might have made the product...the anthrax in this case, the "Ames strain," is one of the most common strains in the world."

DNA analysis, in other words, leads everywhere and nowhere.

Spertzel seems to suggest Russian involvement in his article, based on the limitations of USMRIID, their internal security, and the sophisticated treatment of the spores. However, his version only increases my skepticism that some foreign agent was behind the attack.

One, I don't really see any logical explanation for why would Russians (or anyone working with them or obtaining biological agents from them) would want to kill the particular targets selected.

Two, given the political use of the anthrax attacks in general and the "bentonite" story in particular, it's hard not to suspect crime and coverup.

Three, the likelihood that bioweapons development hasn't been quarantined from the politicization, deceit and incompetence rampant in government suggests someone, rogue or under orders, connected with a government lab or entity was involved operationally. To claim Americans couldn't do the job just seems ridiculous, and suspicious on its face.

Speculative, admittedly, but provocative.

To paraphrase, LWM seems concerned that Glenn's investigation and questioning may blur the line between the "cult" of those seeking the truth about what happened on 9/11, and the "legitimate" people who wouldn't ever look deeper than the 9/11 Commission's report.

No, we only want to follow the clues and evidence up to a point. We wouldn't want to actually follow wherever they may lead.

The fact that unanswered questions remain about 9/11, which I fully agree with, has nothing to do with controlled demolitions, remote controlled planes and an uncontrollable paranoia and fantasy life. I doubt Glenn subscribes to any of that nonsense either. If he does, I will stop reading him forthwith.