It was, if I remember correctly, 1 trillion spores per gram. The most highly weaponized anthrax ever seen. No country but the US, and possibly Russia, though not likely could make anthrax that 'weaponized'. But that is not the deciding factor. Anthrax has different strains. The strain used matches the type used by the US in its weapons programs. There is no doubt that it came from a secret US lab. It is most likely Ft. Detrick. There is one other US lab which I do not remember the name of that it possibly came from but that is not likely.mikemc wrote:deva wrote: Who planned the anthrax attacks? Why did the anthrax get sent only to the democratic senators who were questioning the Patriot Act, and to the media? Isn't it odd that the anthrax letters went to Congress at just the right time to shut it down when the Patriot Act was to be voted on? Same with the Supreme Court. The anthrax used was from a top secret US facility. (Ft. Detrick).
When was this concluded? I know they had some guy from that facility under investigation, but not that the anthrax had been traced to there. I seem to recall that it was not adequately 'weaponized' in the way that it would be if it were not crudely manufactured. [edit] that sentence barely made sense... let me try again.... what I recall reading is that if it were actually the real militarized germ, it would have been processed to be more effective, that it would have been picked up and dispersed more rapidly by the ventilation system.
One thing that was lost in the upheaval of the moment. Congress did not know that the government was making such weaponized anthrax. In fact, under US law and International treaty signed by the US, it was illegal for the US to be making this weaponized anthrax. Anthrax is allowed to be kept in small quantities for research in providing defense against it, but not in such weaponized form. That is illegal.
So an illegal US weapon was used to target US citizens.
So who stole that Anthrax? Who used it so effectively to push the adminstrations agenda, pushing the Patriot Act through before Congress could even read it?
And of course the 350+ page Patriot Act could not possibly have been written in the week following the 9/11 attacks. It was waiting in the wings, ready to go. hmmm




