On May 2, 2003, President Bush -- who should be the top authority in such matters -- ANNOUNCED on the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
It appears he was very much mistaken. But, evidently you cannot conceive of AFIP making even a much less serious error.
I guess that just goes to show how you latch onto something that fits your conspiracy theory that the FBI is covering up the "fact" that the 2001 anthrax attack spores were coated with silica, and you won't let anything shake you loose from such beliefs -- no matter how stupid those beliefs may be.
http://www.afip.org/images/public/nl081002.pdf
The AFIP lab deputy director, Florabel Mullick, said “This [silica] was a key component. Silica prevents the anthrax from aggregating, making it easier to aerosolize.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011029-4.html
MAJOR GENERAL PARKER: We do know that we found silica in the samples.