Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Latest Thoughts on Bruce Ivins

Did FBI Scientists Identify a Single, Unique Flask?

We are slowly getting more information about the FBI's lack of a case against Bruce Ivins. When we first learned of his suicide, we were told that he was the anthrax killer. Period. Then we got a statement that there was some technology developed by the FBI for the purpose of this case. Is this why nearly 7 years passed before an arrest was made?

The full briefing was still skimpy on the details, and not very convincing. But what we were told is that the anthrax was traced to a single flask that was in Bruce Ivins’ possession at Ft. Detrick. Then, Science Magazine reported on a "close reading" of the four relevant paragraphs in the 25-page written brief. We now had a better idea of what exactly this new technology was, although the FBI refused press access to its staff scientists.


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It saddens me to think there may be more to the tragic story than meets the uncritical eye.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you Michael for helping to expose this travesty.

There is more information, and audio clips of my recent radio interview about the anthrax attacks, on my blog at:

http://www.sheilacasey.com/anthrax-attacks/