Posted on 10/25/2001 2:14:28 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:01:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
This is going to take a very long while to set up, and if so, we can expect that when the bluff doesn't work anymore, we might get hit hard here. Which may be why Cheney and Bush keep saying -every once in a while - that we will have more casualties here at home than overseas. If it is state-sponsored, we can be sure there will be a moment when the state or states in question won't have much to lose when we act. Hopefully we're not all bluff.
There is insufficient information in the public domain, including CDC briefings to physicians, to draw any conclusions about either the strain(s) or the degree of "weaponization" of the recent anthrax cases.
It's frustrating, but those are the facts. The rest is speculation.
Good points; the so-called abortion center 'anthrax' was just fabrication - like the inuendo in these recent articles. And yes, it- and some of the hoax cases- do reek of Hillary or Carville. Perhaps she is smarting from being an outcast, and trying to deflect from her association with the Puerto Rican terrorists, etc.
Sen. Byrd is from West Virginia.
Perhaps you are thinking of the late Sen. Harry F. Byrd. He was from Virginia and in fact has a highway in the Old Dominion named for him.
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Aren't there left-wing groups that hate the government? Weren't those left-wing groups rioting at the IMF meetings in Italy, Seattle and Washington, D.C.? Seems to me that those groups are a good place to start looking.
Come on.... please.... the media will say anything or write anything to turn this situation around. Bush said he does not have evidence but it strongly suggest this anthrax stuff is coming from Bin Laden's group. I think Bush knows more details than this newspaper.
These are the same people that insist that the Unibomber was a right-winger.
"Anarchism is a political theory that aims to create a society which is without political, economic or social hierarchies. Anarchists maintain that anarchy, the absence of rulers, is a viable form of social system and so work for the maximisation of individual liberty and social equality. They see the goals of liberty and equality as mutually self-supporting."
Most recently I realized that the word 'virtually' marks a likely lie. This NYP news (NOT) makes it even more clear that an allegation or the word 'allegedly' marks too a likely lie.
I certainly hope that if it is domestic, it is a left-wing group. Unfortunately, a number of clues point in the other direction.
Foremost is the issue of targets. The anthrax letters were sent to left-wing media outlets and a leading Democrat. There is belief that the letter that infected the House side of the capitoil went to Gephardt. There have been no infections at DOD, CIA, FBI, State, Fort Bragg, etc., the places left-wingers might send such letters.
All the talk about weaponized anthrax or the source of the bacteria is premature. There is not enough known yet to pinpoint a specific source. That may come later or if it's known now, it's not being released to public. If there was ever a case where the public did not have a need to know all details immediately, inorder to not tell the perps as well, this is it.
Of course, this target selection could all be disinformatziatta by perps to derail investigation, or could be media leaks designed to confuse perps.
The reality here speaks to the true duty of an intelligence officer. It's his (or her, how PC I am this AM) to tell the commander, not what the enemy will do but what the enemy is capable of doing. Unfortunately, a large range of groups, left and right, domestic and foreign, including some well known right-wing groups, are capable of this.
As much as some FReepers hate the FBI, I'd rather have them chasing the perp than Michael Rivero or A-Bert!!!
Of course not, because this source is not real or just his/her thoughts inside the FBI swing left. Did they seem to forget that a letter was on the way to the White House? Now the liberal media will start going crazy with this story, it would be nice when it backfires in their face.
I will bet anyone a six-pack of brew that IF it turns out to be a domestic group being responsible, it will turn out to be a far-left group.
Any takers?
Personally I think this is all WTC related but I'm in for a 6 pack if it turns out to be domestic. Guinness if I'm right.
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