From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:21:07 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] BIODEFENSE: Another look at the anthrax investigation |
Newly released files cloud FBI's anthrax finding By STEPHEN ENGELBERG, GREG GORDON, JIM GILMORE AND MIKE WISER ProPublica, McClatchy Newspapers and PBS' Frontline Kansas City Star October 11, 2011In early 2002, federal agents who were hunting the anthrax killer were trying to winnow a suspect list that numbered in the hundreds. They knew only that they were looking for someone with access to the rare Ames strain of anthrax used in research labs around the world. Profilers said the perpetrator probably was an American with "an agenda." The powder-laced letters, which killed five people, contained no fingerprints, hair or human DNA but they did offer one solid microscopic clue: The lethal spores in the powder were dotted with genetically distinct variants known as morphs. So agents set out on an arduous task: Collect samples from Ames anthrax cultures around the world, sort through them and find one with morphs that matched the attack powder. Then they'd have a line on where the murder weapon was made and, perhaps, the identity of the killer. Bruce Ivins, an Army scientist at Fort Detrick, Md., had a good idea where the inquiry was headed. In the months after the attacks, he'd schooled federal agents in the intricacies of anthrax, explaining how the telltale morphs can arise from one generation to the next. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/11/3199774/newly-released-files- cloud-fbis.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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