Anthrax - was it an inside job?

[kainjow]

The History Channel claims that the anthrax that was sent around a few years ago was created/maintained by the government. YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdamOzrfZI0)

I'm not a chemist/biologist/whatever, but if these people are telling the truth, it's kind of freaky. I'd be interested to know who the anthrax was sent to, and what those people were doing, or not doing, politically. What do you guys think?

[leekohler]

That the anthrax cases were barely pursued, much less solved speaks volumes.

[Blue Velvet]

That the anthrax cases were barely pursued, much less solved speaks volumes.


Authorities have traveled to six different continents, interviewed more than 9,100 people, conducted 67 searches and have issued over 6,000 subpoenas. The number of FBI agents assigned to the case is 17.

That doesn't sound like 'barely pursued' to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks makes for interesting reading.

[themadchemist]

Anthrax is certainly studied by university and government labs--with transparency. Could there be other DoD research going on? I wouldn't be surprised. But somehow, I doubt that the anthrax cases were any mass government conspiracy. At worst, it was stolen from government labs. At second worst, it was stolen from university labs. Most likely, someone collected spores and cultured bacteria from cow manure off of some farm.

Anthrax is actually all over the place.

[leekohler]

That doesn't sound like 'barely pursued' to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks makes for interesting reading.

Perhaps I'm merely reacting to the lack of continued media coverage. It was gone from the MSM very quickly and barely mentioned since.

[freeny]

I used to live near ft detrick where the anthrax was believed to have come from. Ft Detrick was one of the places the government did studies on anthrax and its use as a chemical weapon durring the cold war.

From what I remember they had been trailing a guy for years they believed was the culprit. he was an employee at the army base. They raided his house by surprise on several occasions. They even drained a pond up on a local mountain where I used to fish in hopes of finding his anthrax equipment.
I think he is still being seen as the main culprit to this day but the government has yet to have hard evidence.

Hardly swept under the carpet imo. It probably didn't get a lot of press outside the Maryland/DC area because all the evidence was circumstantial.

[MikeTheC]

There's a saying that one shouldn't be so quick to suspect conspiracy when ignorance or stupidity would equally-well explain it.

Whomever did it, I hope they catch the bastards. However, considering how polarized we have become as a nation, I don't know if we'll ever truly get to the bottom of this, because I don't think anyone who reports on this will ever be able to get past their own personal agendas, or someone elses'.

Now how's that for conspiratorial thinking, hmm?

[Iscariot]

The government would be a good source of biological/non biological weapons, would it not? The fact that a weapon was manufactured by the America government (or, for that matter, any national government) doesn't imply their direct involvement. Just like any other organized body, the government can be stolen from, tricked and lied to.

[skunk]

Just like any other organized body, the government can be stolen from, tricked and lied to.Which reminds me, I must fill in my Tax Return...

[Apemanblues]

I saw Anthrax at Wembly arena on the Persistence of Time tour.

They were awesome.

[Rodimus Prime]

Perhaps I'm merely reacting to the lack of continued media coverage. It was gone from the MSM very quickly and barely mentioned since.

the media grew bored of it quickly. What is so exicting about white powder in the mail. There was no real death. They could treat it before it became deadly and so on.

It is more of an example of how our media is pretty much crap and only cares about the $ and this is media world wide. I have watch BBC CNN and all the other big new outlets go down hill over the years and caring more and more about money that then truth.

[Cave Man]

Well, today ought to be interesting. Let's see what the Fu Bar Investigators have to say.

[rhett7660]

I saw Anthrax at Wembly arena on the Persistence of Time tour.


:D Nice..... I saw them here in California on that same tour....

[mactastic]

I saw Anthrax at Wembly arena on the Persistence of Time tour.

They were awesome.
I saw them along with Public Enemy and Primus the night that Oakland nearly burned to the ground. Freakin awesome show.

On a related note, the case the government is making against the now-dead Bruce Ivins seems to be very thin so far. Unless they can produce something beyond what they have shown so far, I'm skeptical they have caught the person or persons responsible for these bio-terror attacks.

[Sun Baked]

Probably be nothing more that a circumstantial case until John Mark Karr takes credit for this crime also.

[OscarTheGrouch]

:D Nice..... I saw them here in California on that same tour....

Spinal Tap > Anthrax




And anyone remember the movie "Conspiracy Theory"?

[bartelby]

I saw Anthrax at Wembly arena on the Persistence of Time tour.

They were awesome.

I saw them then too.

I also saw them on the State Of Euphoria tour with Living Color.

And on the Among The Living tour, can't remember the support for that tour.

Nice thread deviation, BTW.

[solvs]

I don't know what to think:

FBI Releases Evidence Against Anthrax Suspect Bruce Ivins (http://dcist.com/2008/08/06/fbi_releases_evidence_against_anthr.php)

and:

hue anthrax cry (http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2008/08/hue-anthrax-cry.html)

But no one else seems to care anymore, so I guess I shouldn't either.