Ping.
The brilliant criminal Ivins gave the correct strain to the FBI first, which normally would be the act of an innocent man,
but,
he foresaw that the FBI would need another sample in a different preparation, he made it with a different strain (supposedly), knowing this would not call more attention to himself, but cause the FBI to destroy the first sample, etc. etc.
Man, the guy’s was smarter than the Joker!
The FBI has shown incompetence before. I believe that they are trying for a record. How long has the FBI been investigating the anthrax problem? Have they done anything right so far? Sounds as if they wouldn’t have had a case against the latest victim of their accusations if he had stayed alive.
Well, IMHO, the question that arises is: Did the FBI throw out the original sample from incompetence, or did they do it deliberately?
Maybe they threw it out because it didn’t match, so they wanted to get rid of it?