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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 12:00 AM

The FBI's selective release of documents in the anthrax case

Some preliminary observations about the FBI's evidence.

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Thursday, August 7, 2008 01:43 PM

Bruce Ivins: A Thumbnail Ideological Profile

Pedinska,

What context precisely did I miss? You mean the context in which the 9/11 anthrax attacks were used to advance the neoconservative political agenda of igniting World War IV? Or did you have some bigger context in mind?

Thursday, August 7, 2008 01:47 PM

1/2

lwm: I'm on all the best no fly lists.

Jim White: Under how many names? ;')

I understand that 1/2 of the list is made up of aliases. I think that would be 1/2 million; damn he is a buzy little bee.

But we have seen that here. :-)

Thursday, August 7, 2008 01:51 PM

The warrant says nothing, at least the first one.

First of all, the warrant lists publicly known information. The only Ivins specific note was that he was seen to have been about terrorism irritated by a co-worker. The co-worker was not named, meaning that this piece of paper is not a substitute for a warrant, in which the accuser must be named. The supposed co-worker seems to have made no other accusations anywhere but in this supposed warrant.

Let’s keep in mind, that Ivins was in the Army and had a clearance. At that time, Condoleeza Rice is known to have transmitted to Bush a memo entitled “Bin Laden intends to Strike in the U.S.” This was not unique information to Ivins, supposing of course he actually said it, of which I am not convinced.

At that time he was working with co-workers on finding a new animal model which could be used to model the human immune system and response to an infection with anthrax. He found, for example, and for what it is really worth, that the Golden Syrian Hamsters to not effectively model the human response, in that they cannot be protected from anthrax by use of the BioPort AVA vaccine which was in use.

I would like to add a note about micro and molecular biology laboratories. First, there is no such thing as regular hours. Each operation or culture has a certain amount of incubation or reaction time, and then the operation must be loaded into the next step, whatever it may be. If you limit yourself to 1 or two steps per 8 hour period, nothing will ever get done.

At about that period, Ivins was involved in the preparation and submission of data for at least who papers. Note, the dates on the papers I am going to mention are not necessarily significant, for it may take a year to get something published, even after amended and accepted. But for example, lets look at two.

Vaccine. 2002 Jan 31;20(9-10):1421-4

Anthrax vaccine efficacy in golden Syrian hamsters.

Fellows PF, Linscott MK, Little SF, Gibbs P, Ivins BE.

Who is MK Linscott? That person seems to disappear from the ncbi record forever. Was this an assistant or a graduate student. Possibly a visiting scientist who would have no further interest or ability in science?

Vaccine. 2001 Sep 14;19(32):4768-73

In vitro correlate of immunity in a rabbit model of inhalational anthrax.

Pitt ML, Little SF, Ivins BE, Fellows P, Barth J, Hewetson J, Gibbs P, Dertzbaugh M, Friedlander AM.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 01:51 PM

pedinska -

not only do i play soccer too but i also collect jokes about thumps and nails - could i get the

the one you just mentioned or does somebody else have the copyright for it.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 01:51 PM

pedinska -

not only do i play soccer too but i also collect jokes about thumps and nails - could i get the

the one you just mentioned or does somebody else have the copyright for it.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:02 PM

Enealogic, you'd do better finding another source

http://www.drlenhorowitz.com/

Here is a tag line:

"Now he has turned his attention to matters much more pressing for world health and civilization's evolution--The Concert for the Living Water(s), LIVE H2O. Dr. Horowitz believes the planned event holds the greatest hope for purging ailments, ignorance, and animosity from the global village. He says this science-based, mathematical-musical event is all about LOVE."

Horowitz is a dentist who has some very extreme views about disease and medicine that are not empirically observable. He is marketing a product that is essentially water.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:03 PM

heru-ur is bucky1's sockpuppet!

heru-ur's first salon letter

Saturday, June 21, 2008 05:25 AM

A few weeks after bucky1 faked his own death! (Or was he "suicided" by the NWO?)

bucky1/heru-ur, reveal yourselves!

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:03 PM

Why?

Why the National Enquirer photo editor?

The rest make sense. The National Enquirer doesn't.

It almost makes me wonder if there weren't more than one anthrax attacker. Hmmmm...

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:09 PM

i dont know about heru -

i think more about a movie critic with a lot of knowledge about 'transformational context' - if there is something like that.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:10 PM

@Pinky:"Why the National Enquirer photo editor?"

My understanding is they had/have/took some unsavory pics of the Bush daughters. And of little Bush drunk. You know how the terrrists hate that!

I won't provide any links but use the Google :)

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:12 PM

@Pinky

Unless I am mistaken that letter was addressed to AMI who publishes a wide variety of magazines and tabloids.

* The National Enquirer

* Star

* Globe

* National Examiner

* Sun

* Weekly World News (print edition ended as of August 2007)

* Country Weekly

* ¡Mira!

* Auto World Weekly

* Muscle & Fitness

* Muscle & Fitness Hers

* Shape

* Men's Fitness

* Flex

* Looking Good

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Media_(publisher)

I don't believe it was addressed to Stevens, the photo editor who opened it, personally. I could be wrong but I doubt it.

As was reported in the Politico, in 2007, The Nat Enq is allegedly owned by a Clintonite.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1007/The_Clintonite_who_owns_National_Enquirer.html

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:15 PM

Omooex

And the new age advertisement for an event in 2009 has what, exactly, to do with the article I linked (along with the sources quoted)?

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:20 PM

Oh!, Pedinska

"In fact, from some of my experiences, I'd almost guess this is a sex-linked trait in soccer players. It's why I always try to score after each game. ;-}"

Ah, my little Cheekydie, you're supposed to score during the game, not after it's over.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:22 PM

Ennealogic

The new age advertisment Leonard G. Horowitz's website. Unless I have him mistaken with another water peddling new age wingnut dentist.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 02:25 PM

@ Ennealogic

I think omooex is drawing our attention to the fact that Dr. Len Horowitz calls himself a "Prophet". This is problematic in regard to his credibility as a "scholar". I think Profit is more like it.

:-)

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