[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?

[mrustow]

For a "person of interest," see the link at #1, as well as:

Calling Agent Frank Black! Anthrax, Millennium, and the Dr. Strangelove of the American Left

Dr. Strangelove Strikes Again -- in Scotland! Hunting America's Most Notorious Anthrax Hoaxer

Dr. Strangelove Disarms America

[okie01]

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

The aforementioned Barbara Hatch Rosenberg. Hatfill is the fourth scientist she has fingered (she changes her story with some frequency).

The others had either AMRIID ties, CIA connections or a Battelle Institute (a purported CIA contractor) link.

Her agenda is quite clear. To force the US into signing the UN's Anti-Biological Warfare treaty, apparently by implicating the military/intelligence community responsible for our defense against biowarfare.