To: jpl; Shermy; Allan; Mitchell; Peach
Followed today by the latest spin:
FBI Statement on the Status of the Investigation into the 2001 Anthrax
Mailings
Today, Joseph Persichini, Jr., Acting Assistant Director of the FBI’s
Washington Field Office, made the following statement:
The investigation into the deadly 2001 anthrax attack is one of the
largest and most complex investigations ever conducted by law
enforcement. Today, the FBI’s commitment to solving this case is
undiminished. The men and women of the FBI and the U.S. Postal
Inspection Service assigned to the case remain fully committed to
bringing the perpetrator(s) of these murderous attacks to justice.
While no arrests have been made, the dedicated investigators who have
worked tirelessly on this case, day-in and day-out, continue to go the
extra mile in pursuit of every lead. From the Director to the
investigating agents and inspectors, there is confidence the case will
be solved.
Second, while not well known to the public, the scientific advances
gained from this investigation are unprecedented and have greatly
strengthened the government’s ability to prepare for - and prevent -
biological attacks in the future. Since the first anthrax mailing,
investigators have worked hand in hand with the scientific community to
both solve this case and to be best positioned in the event of a future
attack.
Despite the frustrations that come with any complex investigation, no
one in the FBI has, for a moment, stopped thinking about the innocent
victims of these attacks, nor has the effort to solve this case in any
way been slowed.
2 posted on 9/20/2006, 3:38:59 PM by TrebleRebel
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Persichini was also involved in the failed effort to get former FBI agent Levinson back from Iran or whoever originally abducted him in March 2007. Iran had him for about 13 yrs during which no hell was raised over it for fear of upsetting the Iran deal.