[okie01]

O’Toole and Inglesby declined to name the FBI official who later contacted them informally about the case. A government official said the individual was “not involved in the investigation in any way and had no standing” to raise his concerns with the Hopkins experts. Those concerns were based on “partial information,” the official said, adding that the FBI official “never voiced his concerns internally or raised those issues from proper channels.”

To me, the real news in this story is contained in this paragraph. Obviously, there is a schism within the FBI on how to pursue the anthrax case. And the new developments are traced to somebody who isn't even assigned to the case -- but evidently disagrees with how it is being conducted.

Odd. I wonder if Barbara Whasserface's source is a member of the official investigative team, so that we have a case of Duelling Leakers.

[Mitchell]

I wonder if Barbara Whasserface's source is a member of the official investigative team, so that we have a case of Duelling Leakers.

I don't think Barbara Rosenberg has a source at all.