GOOD SCENARIO OVERALL, HOWEVER:
" Terrorists were trained and a deadly bug was cultured.
The vessels were chosen as airline tickets were purchased
and postage paid envelopes were obtained. The terrorists
boarded fuel laden planes and the anthrax was loaded into
the envelopes. The jet aircrafts took off and the envelopes
were placed in the drop box. The system was now the
delivery means for terror. The only difference was that
the cargo was now perverse."
We diverge here. My thoughts on the matter is that the two parties were NOT working in concert [Thank GOD] and could have produced MUCH more dramatic results if they had been.
Here's a few of my presumptions, for which I will no doubt be attacked by folks to whom this reply is NOT intended....
[experts gotta spurt, you know]
1. The "group" performing the anthrax attacks could be as small as ONE person. No need for backup to mail a few letters.
2. The attacks happened more or less sequentially from Florida to New England.
3. Outside of the manufacture of such substances, the attacks WERE diabolical...but nonetheless, AMATEURISH.
4. The handwriting samples look mighty similar.
5. It's not just foreigners who would have a chip on their shoulder regarding the U.S. Government, but you'd have to have a pretty extreme gripe to kill innocent bystanders just to send a message.
None of this "requires" foreign nationals.
My THEORY is that someone used the 9-11 hubbub to make it APPEAR as if the two incidents were linked....and the attacks would have been perpetrated by the same nutcase anyway....just handy timing. The MAIN reason I'm contending that it was not a PURELY "terrorist" attack is that it could have been carried out in a WAY more effective manner for very little added "cost" or preparation and planning.
I'm NOT going to speculate publicly on HOW this could have been accomplished...as I do NOT want to give any other maniacs any "good ideas".....nor should you.
Let's just say I've thought long and hard about this and I've heard NOTHING from the start to now that precludes a disgruntled American, probably in the employ of the government, with something to "prove"...including their own cleverness...who, for now, has GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT.
Furthermore, REAL terrorist groups invariably CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY for the attacks...sometimes several at once...and to MY knowledge, no such message has ever emerged. No, this is someone who means to evade capture by not becoming known.
In EVERY case of 'sudden jihad syndrome' whining hereabouts there is a KNOWN perpetrator with a KNOWN agenda.
THIS act was meant to "terrify" by its mysterious origins.
A LOT of serial killers have been caught because they wanted the NOTORIETY and EGO BOOST from showing how they could "outsmart" the law enforcement personnel.
One MORE scenario is a possibility which is not being discussed....the perpetrator may have ALREADY been found and "nullified"...in which case, we're NEVER going to hear the truth....the government could be banking on the eventuality of flagging interest to achieve a "cover up". The purpose in this case would be to SAVE FACE....[and it's not like that has never been done before]
Hmmm.....