http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/anthrax/ en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:44:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391700/posts Sen. Mary Landrieu holds off on taking health care stand, while pressing for aid for Louisiana WASHINGTON (Nov. 20) -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., remained mum Thursday on whether she will deliver a crucial vote Saturday night to enable the Senate to debate health-care reform when it returns from the Thanksgiving holiday. But Landrieu has already succeeded in adding a provision to the 2,074-page Senate version of the health care bill unveiled this week that would provide Louisiana between $100 million and $300 million in Medicaid funding in fiscal 2011. "Look," said [Louisiana secretary of health and hospitals] Alan Levine,... Senator Landrieu's Official Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391700/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:44:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395581/posts Socialized medicine’s finest hour arrived on October 16, 1975, by the marshes of Bhola Island off the coast of Bangladesh. There, in the frame of three-year-old Rahima Banu, the World Health Organization finally cornered smallpox, the most dreadful killer on the planet. Then as now, there was no known cure for the highly contagious smallpox, but vaccinating others on Bhola Island kept the virus from skipping to new human hosts, and little Rahima was the last one left. We have been slouching down the road to pharmaceutical serfdom ever since. Where that has left us will become clear one windless... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395581/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356886/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew Wednesday for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine "safe and secure." Sebelius unconditionally vouched for the safety of the vaccine, saying it "has been made exactly the same way seasonal vaccine has been made, year in and year out." Appearing on morning news shows to step up the Obama administration's campaign for vaccinations, Sebelius said that "the adverse effects are minimal. ... We know it's safe and secure. ... This is definitely is a safe vaccine for people to get." My Way News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356886/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:38:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306537/posts WASHINGTON -- A panel of experts convened for a second day on Friday to probe the scientific process used by the FBI to identify used to identify the anthrax used in the deadly, 2001 mailings. The meeting featured presentations from three experts who worked on the case. Scientific methods were explained, and the 15-member panel was asked to use the study as a means to prepare for future attacks. A lawmaker also addressed the group, criticizing the FBI's handling of the country's first, widespread bioterrorism event. "If the technical and scientific procedures are as flawed as the non-technical procedures, they... The Frederick News-Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306537/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:10:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2300875/posts USAMRIID RMR records – Dr. Bruce Ivins’ flask 1029 two documents don’t match ****** I have now received new documents, from DXer, in addition to the previously redacted copy of the RMR-1029 records that I posted here (* Dr. Bruce Ivins RMR-1029 inventory records, from 1997 to 2003, pursuant to a FOIA request) on June 26. One of the new documents is an unredacted copy of the above, showing names and locations of where aliquots of RMR-1029 were shipped to. The other document is the ORIGINAL working document of 1997 when there was still 1000ml in the flask and no... Case Closed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2300875/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:38:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2294600/posts A powder sent to the American embassy in Rome during last week's G8 in Italy was the ashes of the sender's wife, it emerged today. Officials at the embassy went into overdrive when the envelope arrived last Wednesday, just hours before President Barack Obama arrived in the Italian capital for the summit. The post room of the building was sealed off and staff evacuated as police scientists in protective overalls arrived to take the powder away amid fears it could be an anthrax terror attack. dailymail. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2294600/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294064/posts Did MI5 kill Dr David Kelly? Just another crazy conspiracy theory? But, amid claims he wrote tell-all book that vanished after his death, it's one that refuses to go away By Sue Reid Last updated at 11:40 AM on 16th July 2009 The day Dr David Kelly took a short walk to his death in the Oxfordshire countryside, an unopened letter lay on the desk of his book-lined study. Sent from the heart of the British Government, the pages were marked 'personal' and threatened the world-renowned microbiologist with the sack if he ever publicly opened his mouth again. The letter... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294064/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:20:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284287/posts The public has 20 days to comment on the makeup of an independent committee being assembled to study the science the FBI used in its investigation into the 2001 anthrax mailings. The 14 provisional members of the National Academy of Sciences study committee include medical doctors, chemists, microbiologists and a U.S. District Court judge. The academy will consider public comments on the proposed committee membership before finalizing the roster. The FBI requested the study last year, after critics questioned the validity of the science it used in matching the anthrax used in the 2001 mailings with that in a flask... fredericknewspost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284287/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:33:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274584/posts An inventory of deadly germs and toxins at an Army biodefense lab in Frederick found more than 9,200 vials of material that was unaccounted for in laboratory records, Fort Detrick officials said Wednesday. The 13 percent overage mainly reflects stocks left behind in freezers by researchers who retired or left Fort Detrick since the biological warfare defense program was established there in 1943, said Col. Mark Kortepeter, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. He said the found material included Korean War-era serum samples from patients with Korean hemorrhagic fever, a disease still of interest... wavy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274584/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:40:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274523/posts Laboratory Says Security Is Tighter, but Earlier Count Missed Dangerous Vials An inventory of potentially deadly pathogens at Fort Detrick's infectious disease laboratory found more than 9,000 vials that had not been accounted for, Army officials said yesterday, raising concerns that officials wouldn't know whether dangerous toxins were missing. After four months of searching about 335 freezers and refrigerators at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, investigators found 9,220 samples that hadn't been included in a database of about 66,000 items listed as of February, said Col. Mark Kortepeter, the institute's deputy commander. The vials... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274523/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:15:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2269989/posts Journalists and filmmakers Bob Coen and Eric Nadler will discuss their work on the untold story of the 2001 anthrax attacks, and the dark secrets of germ warfare research, and how it ties in with the untimely deaths of microbiologists around the world. C2C AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2269989/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:55:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267791/posts Rob Rossi loved baseball. Exiting the trolley near Petco Park, he admired all the new residential development around the stadium. Rob and his son Charlie took their seats and joined 42,000 happy San Diegans singing "Take me out to the ball game." Charlie cheered when the Padres scored their first run of the evening. Rob hardly noticed the small plane circling slowly overhead. On Saturday, Rob woke up with a splitting headache. His chest felt like it was on fire. Why is it so hard to breathe? And today is Charlie's Little League game! "Daddy," his son gasped from the... San Diego Daily Transcript http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267791/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 05:45:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264212/posts Bush kept us safe. For that he has been unrelentingly demonized by the left. Those days - other than the ongoing demonization - are gone. Now we have the Obama administration - which rebranded "the war on terror" as an "overseas contingency operation"; which decided to start referring to "terror attacks" as "man-caused disasters"; which only just today screwed up and leaked nuclear secrets - in charge of keeping America safe. Even as Obama has sought to have hardcore terrorist Gitmo detainees released to US prisons - which would further radicalize our prison system - four Muslims (three of whom... Start Thinking Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264212/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:01:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246417/posts A long-awaited review of the scientific evidence relating to the investigation of the 2001 anthrax letter attacks is finally getting off the ground. The study, to be conducted by the National Academies, will check the validity of the scientific techniques used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in solving the case. What the study will not do, as spelled out in the academies’ official description of the study, is issue a verdict on whether U.S. Army researcher Bruce Ivins was indeed guilty of the crime, as concluded by FBI officials. The FBI has been under pressure to disclose its full... sciencemag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246417/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 21:43:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2229794/posts WEST PALM BEACH — Maureen Stevens may have to wait until 2011 for justice in the 2001 anthrax attack that killed her husband who worked as a photo editor for the Boca Raton-based publisher of the National Enquirer. In a hearing this morning, her attorneys and lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice agreed that January 2011 was a good target date for Stevens' lawsuit against the federal government to go to trial. Stevens is seeking $50 million, claiming the government failed to secure the deadly agent, allowing it to be used to kill her husband, Robert, in the wake... palmbeachpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2229794/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:36:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2226605/posts Jihadist Website Promotes 'Abdallah Al-Nafisi's Anthrax Attack Concept 'Abdallah Al-Nafisi On April 10, 2009, a member of a jihadist forum, who called himself "Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi" posted a link to a lecture by Kuwaiti Islamist 'Abdallah Al-Nafisi on YouTube in which the latter describes how it would be possible to carry out an anthrax attack in the U.S..... THE MEMRI BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2226605/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:00:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2222751/posts Faster and FuriouserGirls, guns, and fast cars in Fast & Furious. By Peter Suderman The best thing about Fast & Furious, the fourth sequel in the franchise about underground street-racing and the first to feature all the surviving stars of the original, may come before the movie even starts. I’m referring, of course, to the rip-roaring trailer for Michael Mann’s forthcoming gangster epic, Public Enemies, which stars Johnny Depp as notorious bank robber John Dillinger. In the middle of the trailer, he looks at a young lady and makes his pitch: “I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, and you. What else... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2222751/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219502/posts A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a $12 million lawsuit brought by a former State Department mailroom worker who was hospitalized after handling an anthrax-laced letter. David Hose was exposed to anthrax spores in October 2001 while working as a contract supervisor in a State Department mail facility in Sterling, Va., and he spent more than two weeks in intensive care. hostednews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219502/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 03:14:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219341/posts He also was accused of aiding terrorist-charities and repeatedly meeting with Osama bin Laden. All rubbish, insists his lawyer; as for his meetings with bin Laden, well, they were all merely "chance encounters." "U.S. Decides to Release Detainee at Guantánamo," by William Glaberson for the New York Times, March 31: The Justice Department announced Monday that the administration had decided to release a detainee at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, a Yemeni doctor who the Bush administration once claimed had taken part in an anthrax program of Al Qaeda. The government had backed away from the anthrax accusations but had... jihadwatch.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219341/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:45:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2215564/posts Cleared for publication: Defense Ministry admits to experimenting on 716 IDF soldiers during secret research project without disclosing full details; defense official: Israel now possesses anthrax vaccine that can protect entire population Israel has admitted to developing a vaccine against anthrax, fearing it might be used as a bio-weapon by enemy nations against civilians, and tested it on IDF soldiers. The story was cleared for publication Wednesday evening by the High Court of Justice. The research project, codenamed "Omer 2," was kept secret for many years. "Once we face a substantial threat, we would be able to vaccinate all citizens,... Y Net News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2215564/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208230/posts More than seven years after the first bio-terror attack on the United States, Congress is considering creating a commission to probe the government's response to the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people. Representative Rush Holt, a Democrat, has submitted a bill that would create a bipartisan commission to investigate the government's handling of the 2001 attacks, which also exposed 17 people to the powdery anthrax spores. "Myriad questions remain about the anthrax attacks and the government?s bungled response to the attacks," Holt said in a statement. Holt said in a statement that the commission would review an investigation conducted by... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208230/posts#comment Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:49:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2207092/posts Reporting from Boston -- A security camera recorded the man wearing dark sunglasses and a hooded sweat shirt as he walked by Boston's Symphony Hall on Feb. 9 and dropped a cardboard tube marked "Anthrax Beware" at the door. Emergency medical crews raced to the site, firefighters cordoned off the area, police halted traffic, and life came to an anxious halt until a hazmat team signaled the all-clear: The tube was empty. In the 7 1/2 years since America's worst bioterrorist attack -- when letters laced with anthrax spores killed five people, closed Congress and the Supreme Court, and crippled... latimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2207092/posts#comment Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201071/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Supreme Court refused to weigh in Friday on whether US presidents have the authority to indefinitely detain a terrorist suspect in the United States without charges. But it sent the issue back for a new hearing before the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, which ruled in July that former president George W. Bush had that power in the case of Ali al-Marri, an alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper agent. The high court's action effectively delayed resolution of an issue that, while different, could have implications for the estimated 245 "enemy combatants" still being held by the... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201071/posts#comment Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194504/posts Chemical composition of spores doesn't match suspect flask. The deadly bacterial spores mailed to victims in the US anthrax attacks, scientists say, share a chemical 'fingerprint' that is not found in bacteria from the flask linked to Bruce Ivins, the biodefence researcher implicated in the crime. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alleges that Ivins, who committed suicide last July, was the person responsible for mailing letters laden with Bacillus anthracis to news media and congressional offices in 2001, killing five people and sickening 17. The FBI used genetic analyses to trace the mailed spores back to a flask called... Nature http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194504/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:32:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194187/posts A professor from Kuwait, the country liberated from Saddam Hussein's attack squads by the United States in the first Gulf War, has outlined on Arab television a potential terror attack that would involve smuggling anthrax from Mexico into the U.S. and killing 330,000 people in 60 minutes. WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194187/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:06:01 GMT