[Steve Eisenberg]

This may or may not be a stupid comment but:

I think that the FBI, under pressure to make a maximum effort, probably assigned too many agents to the anthrax case. As a result, the people who should be looking at the big picture are instead distracted by management tasks such as the coordination of a massive team and running down inside leakers. It would have been better to assign a small tiger team of the FBI's best. As for leaks, a big team is bound to include a smart-alec or two who runs to the press.

It is right for the FBI to consider lots of people as suspects, but Hatfill sounds to me like a very long shot for having anything to do with the crime. There is nothing wrong with them looking at him and even searching his place -- the only thing wrong is the leaks.

[Mohammed El-Shahawi]

There is clearly more than just leaks at work here. It wasn't the FBI who manufactured a "Greendale School" in Harrare. Someone, somewhere sat down and manufactured this. Then they passed it on the media, and the media blindly printed it. Not just once, but dozens of times.

Who was the person who started this, and what were their motivations?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The FBI looks bad on this investigation! Very Bad!!

The media is doing what they always do!

They are pursuing the leftist agenda!

[mrustow]

Well, I think the problem goes deeper than allocation of manpower. If the FBI brass insists on this disgruntled, domestic lone wolf theory, it doesn't matter who is on the investigative team. They won't solve the case, even if they want to.

[mercy]

****the only thing wrong is the leaks.****

That and the fact that the guy passed his lie detector test right off the bat and there never was one shred of evidence he had anything to do with the anthrax attack.

And oh yeah, there's also the fact that the attacks were obviously state sponsored terrorism.

And ... then there's the whole upshot of this cluster f___. Once again the FBI are proved moronic and incompetent and by reasonable conclusion so are Bush and Ashcroft. This really makes the American people feel a bunch safer with this sort of stupidity being the norm in America.

OBL must giggle himself to sleep every night.

[Lion's Cub]

It's not a stupid comment. The fact is the FBI has two choices. They can be seen as keystone cops or willing participants in another of their unlawful politcal coverups. What they can no longer be seen as is honest professional law enforcement. The gig is up, guys and gals.