If there is not enough evidence, there is not enough evidence. You may assume that the FBI can just manufacture evidence if they want to, but this is one case where "manufactured evidence" would never work. The case has just too many people scrutinizing every detail.
Showing people the mountain of evidence that al Qaeda did NOT send the anthrax letters is about who did NOT do it. It's not about who DID do it.
I don't think Dr. Hatfill is innocent because I think someone else is guilty. I think Dr. Hatfill is innocent because the FACTS say he's innocent. It has nothing to do with who I think may have done it.
I don't try to convince people that I know who sent the anthrax letters. I don't. I just look at the FACTS, and the FACTS tell me al Qaeda and Dr. Hatfill didn't do it, and the FACTS tell me the anthrax mailer was most likely a scientist who lives in Central New Jersey. So, until I get more FACTS which tell me otherwise, I have to go with the FACTS I have.
Ed keeps on talking about FACTS when in fact he has never addressed the facts of an Al Qaeda theory. Milton Leitenberg, in a chapter 2007 book, has a thorough and carefully done discussion arguing against an Al Qaeda theory in which he at least addresses the issue of capability in Afghanistan based on the documentary evidence, government pronouncements etc. His approach represents analytical work. Ed, OTOH, is just reasserting his conclusion and assumptions as to an Al Qaeda theory. Ed, of course, is correct that there is no reason to think Dr. Hatifll is responsible. The FBI dropped conspicuous surveillance in late 2003 after they found the “extremely virulent” anthrax in the residence pointed out in Afghanistan.
Here are some recent anthrax articles that address the facts supporting an Al Qaeda theory, which by the way is the theory credited by the FBI.
“The Faithful Spy: Amerithrax Spoiler Alert,” Scoop.co.nz, April 23, 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00371.htm
(email to a friend)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/share/email.html?path=HL0704/S00371.htm
“Zawahiri’s Biodefense Insider: ‘I successfully achieved the targets,’” Global Politician, April 20, 2007
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2658&cid=11&sid=62
(email to a friend)
http://globalpolitician.com/friend.asp?ID=2658
“Is Ayman Zawahiri Behind The Anthrax Mailings?” Scoop.co.nz, April 17, 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00262.htm
(email to a friend)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/share/email.html?path=HL0704/S00262.htm
“The Code Used in the Anthrax Letters,” Postal Magazine, April 11, 2007
http://www.postalmag.com/2007news/anthraxcode.htm
“Why US Senator Leahy Was Targeted With Anthrax,” Scoop.nz.co, April 17, 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00263.htm
(email to a friend)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/share/email.html?path=HL0704/S00263.htm
“Anthrax Letters: The Significance of the Mailing Dates,” Global Politician, April 18, 2007
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2648&cid=11&sid=61
(email to a friend)
http://globalpolitician.com/friend.asp?ID=2648
“The Sheiks and Bioweaponeers: the US Biodefense Connection,” NewsByUS, March 20, 2007
http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=7588_0_1_0_M
Ed keeps on talking about FACTS when in fact he has never addressed the facts of an Al Qaeda theory. Milton Leitenberg, in a chapter 2007 book, has a thorough and carefully done discussion arguing against an Al Qaeda theory in which he at least addresses the issue of capability in Afghanistan based on the documentary evidence, government pronouncements etc. His approach represents analytical work. Ed, OTOH, is just reasserting his conclusion and assumptions as to an Al Qaeda theory. Ed, of course, is correct that there is no reason to think Dr. Hatifll is responsible. The FBI dropped conspicuous surveillance in late 2003 after they found the “extremely virulent” anthrax in the residence pointed out in Afghanistan.
Here are some recent anthrax articles that address the facts supporting an Al Qaeda theory, which by the way is the theory credited by the FBI.
“The Faithful Spy: Amerithrax Spoiler Alert,” Scoop.co.nz, April 23, 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00371.htm
(email to a friend)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/share/email.html?path=HL0704/S00371.htm
“Zawahiri’s Biodefense Insider: ‘I successfully achieved the targets,’” Global Politician, April 20, 2007
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2658&cid=11&sid=62
(email to a friend)
http://globalpolitician.com/friend.asp?ID=2658
“Is Ayman Zawahiri Behind The Anthrax Mailings?” Scoop.co.nz, April 17, 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00262.htm
(email to a friend)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/share/email.html?path=HL0704/S00262.htm
“The Code Used in the Anthrax Letters,” Postal Magazine, April 11, 2007
http://www.postalmag.com/2007news/anthraxcode.htm
“Why US Senator Leahy Was Targeted With Anthrax,” Scoop.nz.co, April 17, 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00263.htm
(email to a friend)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/share/email.html?path=HL0704/S00263.htm
“Anthrax Letters: The Significance of the Mailing Dates,” Global Politician, April 18, 2007
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2648&cid=11&sid=61
(email to a friend)
http://globalpolitician.com/friend.asp?ID=2648
“The Sheiks and Bioweaponeers: the US Biodefense Connection,” NewsByUS, March 20, 2007
http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=7588_0_1_0_M
I know both you and the FBI have compiled numerous facts
since then to support your “domestic” theories, but do
not be reassured by same. That was the same fatal mistake
that General Rahl made at Trenton. All of his intel sources
were telling him that Washington’s main army was in total
disarray and disintegrating across the Delaware river in
Pennsylvania. There was next to no chance of his position
being attacked during the Christmas Holidays.
I still maintain that the Bureau went astray in the third
week of October, 2001, when the profilers started to point
to a domestic perp at the expense of a more “open minded”
approach....JJ61