Report Linking Anthrax and Hijackers Is Investigated

New York Times ^ | 3/23/02 | WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID JOHNSTON

[Zorobabel]

I trust the feebs about as far as I could carry a piano up a glass hill.

[tallhappy]

We talked about this a lot many months ago.

This idea was all over Free Republic.

What does it take the NY Times five months for?

[Nogbad]

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[Travis McGee]

I know, here we are again. The meetings between Atta and the Iraqi intelligence boss in Prague, the forgotten first death from anthrax at the tabloid building a few miles from the terrorists rented houses and the crop dusters....on and on.

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(Sorry about that, John H K)

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[Nogbad]

Are you still there?

Or have you changed your name??

[piasa]

Wonder if they tested any old aircraft hangars down here in Florida for anthrax. Such hangars are easy to rent, easy to secure, and quite private. If these hijackers were doing anything on the side besides learning to fly, a hangar would be a logical, airy place in which to work- much more so than an apartment. Since they were in flight school, people would be familiar enough with them to not be concerned about them being up to no good in aircraft hangers.

I still find it interesting how the copycat kid pilot's handwriting on his suicide note was written at the same extreme angle as the hijacker's letters. Where is this kid's dad again?

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[duck soup]

The link to the anthrax in the Czech Republic?. Atta. Full circle to the Czech Republic cases.

[Nogbad]

I see in this forum tonight four different threads,
relating the terrorists to anthrax.

Are we being prepared for some new revelation??

(Removing my tin-foil hat).

[The Great Satan]

If the FBI spoon-fed this story to Broad at the NYT, that may be a sign that the "domestic focus" stall is "no longer operative," or at least due for a slow fade. OTOH, while most of Broad's stories recently have been just recycled spin, the NYT did do some good, independent reporting on the anthrax situation early on. To my knowledge, the NYT was the first paper to suggest that "we may be at war with Iraq without knowing it," and they were also the first to debunk the spin that the Daschle anthrax wasn't truly weaponized. So it may be that this story represents genuine legwork on Broad's part. I actually hope it's regurgitated spin: that would imply that the administration is getting close to naming the real culprit (Saddam), which would in turn suggest they have evaluated the threat as manageable and we are ready to go to war. Complicated, isn't it?

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[The Great Satan]

Dr. Tsonas's assertion, first made to the F.B.I. in October but never disclosed, has added another layer of mystery to the investigation of last fall's deadly anthrax attacks, which has yet to focus on a specific suspect.

Well, fancy that!