It is far more likely to be an "inside job." From a news report (via the Wikipedia article @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks#Anthrax_attack_bug_.22identical.22_to_army_strain_report ):
"The DNA sequence of the anthrax sent through the US mail in 2001 has been revealed and confirms suspicions that the bacteria originally came from a US military laboratory. The data released uses codenames for the reference strains against which the attack strain was compared. The two reference strains that appear identical to the attack strain most likely originated at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick (USAMRIID), Maryland. The new work also shows that substantial genetic differences can emerge in two samples of an anthrax culture separated for only three years. This means the attacker's anthrax was not separated from its ancestors at USAMRIID for many generations."
2007-09-25
18:23:38
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dean w: I'm not convinced by the claims that the government did 9/11, though the Anthrax thing is suspicious.
illicit_sandman: They are right-wing, but closer probably to the Birchers than to the Republicans.
George: Yes, anybody can edit Wikipedia, but every edit on high traffic articles is frequently checked for accuracy by numerous other editors and it is typically about as reliable as any other source.
Daniel L: From what I've read, the government appears to not be seriously investigating, just like they aren't seriously chasing Osama anymore.
honestamerican: If the anthrax attacks were (properly) investigated, we might just find out that Bush did it to scare the Democrats into going along with him.
What is suspicious is that the attacks were carried out with army-owned anthrax, with stereotypical "terrorist" notes, against the opposition and that they were hushed up pretty quick after they stopped and never seriously investigated (except for the NY Times defaming somebody).
2007-09-25
20:59:06 ·
update #1