[Shermy]

Ping. A MUST read for the FR Anthrax-Busters.

[okie01]

Excellent article. Thanks for the ping.

The degree of technology involved in the Daschle anthrax curiously remains in dispute. But this article suggests that a consensus might be forming...

"Bathtub bacteria" produced by a "rogue scientist", my butt.

[Carry_Okie]

Excellent piece. Having been involved with electrostatic spray equipment and formulations chemistry, using some of the same chemicals as are discussed in the article (for paint folks, don't get excited), there are alarm bells going off in my head. This can't be that hard to do.

[knak]

thanks for the ping, I'll read it later. I've been in the kitchen ALL day!

[Wolfstar]

Thanks for the ping. Although the scientific details are a bit over my head, the bottom line is pretty much what we "FR Anthrax-Busters" (great term!) have thought all along — that the anthrax used in 2001 could not have come from some home-grown, whacked-out rogue scientist making the stuff in his garage (or under water).

I also continue to be frustrated that these articles always ignore the first anthrax attack at American Media in South Florida. It's as though that case never happened, yet it's the one that has strong, if circumstantial, ties to the 9/11 hijackers.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[chance33_98]

My musings on this lead me to ask - why did the person stop sending it? And why did they not use it in more than one way (ie, other than just mailing it)?

It's also worth wondering why so close to 9/11? It may have been made elsewhere, may be an islamic terrorist, but something just does not fit that pattern. While it was, as defined, an act of terrorism it does not seem to fit with the osama/al qaida crowd's MO.

My take is it was one guy, with a limited amount he perhaps skimmed from other places, who finally went off the deep end. Just a guess.