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Who knows? But behind this info -

1. Maybe they didn't ask him for consent in the first place? Did they ask and he said no? Is he in Louisiana?

2. Why check dumpsters? Did someone see him throw something out?

3. Does he have something else to hide unrelated?

4. "Sources said Hatfill took a polygraph but the results were inconclusive." --- I remember that...and the "lies" he told were about parts of his serving in Rhodessian forces and the like. Maybe there are "lies" related to anthrax, but those weren't leaked ...why not? And "inconclusive" -what does that mean, and about what?

5. "Sources said that while the June search was for traces of anthrax, the focus of the latest search was different, although they did not elaborate. The warrant allowed for a broader search, the sources said." --- Broader? Broader than Anthrax? What did he consent to the three or four previous times? Did he say "just look for anthrax?" Funny, I saw the feds hauling out lots of items from his home. This sentce is posed as if the "warrant" was "broader" than what the guy allowed.

6. He's on the "stand by" roster of persons to go to Iraq. So? Wouldn't most anyone in that business be? Doesn't he need a job? Why would he not apply directly to the group considering circumstances?

I'm not saying this isn't "the guy", but the spin is just spin.

"Sources said Hatfill took a polygraph but the results were inconclusive."

"Inconclusive" among polygraphers usually means possible deception indicated, but insufficient registration data on the polygraph machine to say "deception indicated" with certainty.

Sources said Hatfill took a polygraph but the results were inconclusive." --- I remember that...and the "lies" he told were about parts of his serving in Rhodessian forces and the like...

Not quite. His responses on the box indicated deceptive answers regarding his time spent with the Rhosdesian military. Why is this beginning to sound like the FBI-CIA squabbling back in the days when the CIA was sponsoring the Cuban exile invasion of Cuba, and raids on international shipping going to Castro's island....

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"2. Why check dumpsters? Did someone see him throw something out?"

My guess is they are looking for traces of the flow agent he used to keep the ground anthrax spores from clumping. That stuff would be very fine and nearly impossible to get all traces of it to disappear.

I seem to recall that they mentioned what agent (silica?) was used in the letter sent to Daschole's office, but I can't find it now. I do know they said at first that the anthrax was almost weapons grade, but later there was a report that the spores were some of the finest (easiest to disperse) ever seen, perhaps better than the government's private stock.