An Unsatisfying End to the Anthrax Attacks Mystery
The FBI reportedly was ready to charge an Army scientist, but he apparently committed suicide this week
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"Weapons grade anthrax" mystery still unsolved
The gaping hole is whether Mr. Ivins had co-conspirators. The smoking gun is the second batch of anthrax spores (weapons grade) that were mailed to Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy.
Apparently, the spores were coated with a polyglass which tightly bound hydrophilic silica to each particle. In addition they had been imparted with an electrostatic charge ("The Russian Recipe"). The FBI has not released evidence that Mr. Ivins had access to such equipment, nor the expertise to perform this process.
Another crock
Dr. Philip Zack: dozens of lethal doses of anthrax disappeared on his watch. He was even videotaped entering the building late in the evening after it was closed. He was never investigated by the FBI. Zack was a known bigot against his Arab co-workers. Anthrax letters contained messages like "death to America", "death to Israel", "Allah is great". Zack lost his job at Ft. Detrick because of his racist comments. Dr. Zack is Jewish.
Jerome Hauer: Advised White House officials to begin taking Cipro on 9/11/01. Judicial Watch later sues to find out why only the White House and it's staffers, not congressional members, were put on Cipro. And how did they know the Anthrax was coming. Hauer is also Jewish.
Bush Admin: immediately blamed the anthrax attack on al-qaeda in order to push the patriot act on congress without allowing them the time to read it in its entirety. Media was also encouraged to blame al-qaeda when no evidence was available to implicate al-qaeda.
John O'Neill: World's leading expert on Osama bin Laden and terrorist organizations including al-qaeda. Told Jerome Hauer the night before 9/11 that something very very bad was probably going to happen in Afghanistan. Hauer had recently convinced O'Neill to take a security position at the WTC complex, being told he must start the first week of September. O'Neill never survived to give us his expert opinion on what really happened.
Jerome Hauer: Good friend of Rudolph Giuliani. Convinced Giuliani to place his office of emergency management right next to the twin towers. The public, including members of emergency response, were outraged as they believed it was too close to two buildings that were obvious terrorist targets. On 9/11 Giuliani had to set up emergency management elsewhere as his own office of emergency management in World Trade Center 7 was being evacuated because it was so close to the two towers. World Trade Center 7 was taken down on 9/11 by controlled demolition according to its owner Larry Silverstein.
The Dancing Israeli's: Five Israeli intelligence officials set up cameras towards the two towers on 9/11. When they started screaming, dancing and celebrating, neighbors reported them. FBI later located them and were suspicious because their van contained boxcutters, maps of the city, thousands of dollars. When bomb sniffing dogs were brought in the dogs reacted as if they smelled explosives. One detained member told an officer; "We are Israelis. We are not your problem. Your problems are our problems. The Palestinians are your problem". Another detainee stated "Now America knows what we go through". The officers were confused as to why these statements were made. Several days later the dancing israelis were released.
Connect the dots.
Condolences and Questions
My condolences to the Ivins family. They need time to grieve, but a number of questions need to be answered in the coming months.
Was he innocent, uncharged, and driven to suicide as his lawyer states? His name can be cleared or the apparent charges can be substantiated.
To further clear his name:
-Was Dr. Ivin's DNA on the stamps or the envelopes sent to Capitol Hill?
-Does handwriting analysis confirm a match?
-Based on travel records, was it possible for Dr. Ivin's to mail the deadly letters?
If guilty:
-Did he act alone?
-Was this a case of a mad scientist seeking financial gain like the stereotypes in the movies?
-How were victims picked?
-Did Dr. Ivins spend any time in South Africa?
Re: Total Crock
I totally agree with you Total Crock. It amazes me how many comments on sites like this, WSJ, Huff Post, etc, that show about 8 out of 10 totally do not believe this story. This is yet again, another "lone nut" that people keep swallowing. You'd think after 60 years of this, wed be wise and have learned from history. So you know.... we aren't "bound to repeat it"? In any case, yes, the Greenwald Salon story is very good, but also check out that link above I posted..
http://www.anthraxinvestigation.com/hcourant.html
For more on Phillip Zack, go to the aztlan.net site+
http://aztlan.net/zack.htm
ZACK, the real criminal has been covered up
Ivins was NOT guilty, just as Hatfill and Assad before him weren’t either. It is Phillip Zack who is the culprit here and it amazes me how the mainstream media has become so corrupt, that you basically have to read about a dozen newspapers to get to the truth. Even then it isn’t easy… you have to really know the history of this case and what has been suppressed. Just like with any cover-up, the truth usually peeks out in the first 24 hours. So next time there is a 9-11, a 7-7, a 3-11 attack, crank up the VCR and record all the news you can. Surf from station to station. I did that on 9-11 and you dont have to watch any 9-11 documentaries. All you have to do is watch the first 9 hours of tape I recorded. (You can actually get this tape for cheap at maebrussell.com )
In any case, it is Phillip Zack who was caught on surveillance video at Ft. Detrick in the anthrax labs stealing. Then he harrassed and terrorized Dr. Assad, an Egyptian American who had to withstand racist hate for over a decade at Detrick. Please look into this. The WSJ news dept is still a great paper for news. I strongly hope that you will at least check into what I say.
I was surprised there are so many comments from people on this story who flat out don’t believe it with so many US microbiologists found dead post 9-11. Also, many people knew of the Dr. Zack connection, who also worked at Ft. Detrick and was eventually fired after years of harrassing Assad.
There is so much more I can write. I just want to let you know this is surprising viral on the net and on mainstream sites. People are hungry for this story… Huff Post and Raw Story has 100’s of comments.
http://aztlan.net/zack.htm
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/anthraxsuspect.html
http://aztlan.net/anthletters.htm
Also here are a few other links that say alot…
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/01/anthrax/index.html
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13090
IMO, this is the best of all the investigations…
http://www.anthraxinvestigation.com/hcourant.html
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ThisIsATotalCrock
Isn't it funny how the media has jumped all over this and been so quick to accuse this man even though there is not a shred of evidence to prove his guilt.
Read this article from Glenn Greenwald which exposes the media fraud for what it is:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/01/anthrax/index.html
Ivins is quite clearly a patsy. This is an inside job people. Watch the complicit media attempt to sweep this under the rug to protect their own asses.
Bush?
> Was Bush on the grassy knoll too?
No. Bush was drunk that day. Besides, he doesn't know how to fire a weapon.
Conspiracy Theorist Unite!
I was reading the 50+ responses to this article and all I can say "Get a Life" people. Is everything a conspiracy. Was Bush on the grassy knoll too?
The why is important
While I'm GUESSING Bruce Ivins did the deed, I still have doubts. Without a trial, we will never know for sure. With deaths like Dr. David Kelly and others, we really can not trust our government to tell us the truth.
Our congress is almost useless in oversight.
I see no motive for this crime. Why would Bruce Ivins do such a thing? Mental illness could be the root cause... but with all the stuff Bush has done, he could have been killed just to take the fall.
It must be shown how Ivins traveled to all the post boxes and mailed the Anthrax. It would also be nice to have some sort of motive.
His brother sounds vindictive or jealous.
