<< I’m confident that she started with the insider conclusion and then selected the facts. >>
Two conspicuous disinfo campaigns - 1 is the Hatfill accusations and 2 is the Iraqi WMD claim and counter-claim. Disinfo campaign 1 targeted primarily the left, disinfo campaign 2 targeted primarily the right. How? Like this -
1 - Hatfill accusations - End consequence is everybody is too skittish to pursue any domestic leads. Why? Look what is happening to Kristof and the New York Times and so on.
2 - WMD in Iraq 'lies or intelligence failures' - End consequence is everybody is too skittish to pursue foreign leads. Why? Look what is happening to the neocons and the CIA and Bush for publicly giving creedence to Iraqi WMD.
1 and 2 - Summary end consequence is everybody is too skittish to pursue any lead, foreign or domestic. Investigation grinds to a halt. Who benefits? Whoever is the mailer.
"is the Hatfill accusations and 2 is the Iraqi WMD claim and counter-claim. Disinfo campaign 1 targeted primarily the left, disinfo campaign 2 targeted primarily the right. How? Like this -"
Taking your ideas, I think the "right wing" or "domestic loner" theory isn't dependent on Hatfill originally - but leftie stereotyping considering this theory might have something to do with his eventual targeting.
As for the "right", there's more "foreign" theories than Iraq. Anyway, part of the seeming hardheadedness we see and undue "profiling" is because "profiling" is how these investigative agencies operate. There's a bureaucratic group think, founded in CYA, that frustrates us. IOW seeming narrow thinking could be deception, or could be just how the people think.
And I do believe there's been some wild goose chases...that whole "pure anthrax" Dugway experimentation.