Remember those 2001 anthrax attacks by mail?

[historic salve]

Well, government investigators think they found their target. I don't know if others already knew about this, but it's news to me.

"Dead Army vaccine scientist eyed in anthrax probe"

Federal prosecutors investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks were planning to indict and seek the death penalty against a top Army microbiologist in connection with anthrax mailings that killed five people. The scientist, who was developing a vaccine against the deadly toxin, committed suicide this week.

The scientist, Bruce E. Ivins, worked for the past 18 years at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick, Md. For more than a decade, he worked to develop an anthrax vaccine that was effective even in cases where different strains of anthrax were mixed, which made vaccines ineffective, according to federal documents reviewed by the AP.

U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of ongoing grand jury proceedings, said prosecutors were closing in on Ivins, 62. They were planning an indictment that would have sought the death penalty for the attacks, which killed five people, crippled the postal system and traumatized a nation still reeling from the Sept. 11 attacks.

Officials said that Ivins, who shared in the 2003 Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, was under investigation to determine whether he released the anthrax as a way to test his vaccine. The decoration is the highest honor given to civilian Pentagon employees.

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[rogue06]

Considering how they had to pay the last “prime suspect” $5.82 million to settle a lawsuit that contended he was falsely accused and had been made a scapegoat for the crimes, I think I’ll withhold judgment on whether this was the guy or not.

[Sparko]

Considering how they had to pay the last “prime suspect” $5.82 million to settle a lawsuit that contended he was falsely accused and had been made a scapegoat for the crimes, I think I’ll withhold judgment on whether this was the guy or not.

But they said:

The Rev. Richard Murphy called Ivins "a quiet man. He was always very helpful and pleasant."

and that's what they ALWAYS say about sociopathic mass murderers.

So that proves he did it.

[Vigilante]

If I had to work 18 years trying to solve one problem, I'd probably kill myself too. I can't work on a website problem for more than an hour before I start to go insane!

[Zeluvia]

Just cause he killed himself doesn't mean guilt in the mailings.

It could mean he knew who REALLY did it, and the suicide was staged...

You really need to hone your conspiracy theory neurons.

[Sparko]

Just cause he killed himself doesn't mean guilt in the mailings.

It could mean he knew who REALLY did it, and the suicide was staged...

You really need to hone your conspiracy theory neurons.

true. maybe the CIA killed him to keep him quiet. You know, the CIA who is run by Elvis, who is a space alien.

[rogue06]

true. maybe the CIA killed him to keep him quiet. You know, the CIA who is run by Elvis, who is a space alien.

Don't be so daft Sparko.




































Elvis is really Bigfoot and he was married to the Loch Ness Monster by Walt Disney's brain after they all went back in time to fake the
moon landing. Sheesh. Get it right for once.

[Abelard]

true. maybe the CIA killed him to keep him quiet. You know, the CIA who is run by Elvis, who is a space alien.

A lot of people who indicate they are willing to testify against the current administration turn up as suicides.

Craig Spence predicted he would be killed and made to look like a suicide, and....he was found to be a suicide before he could testify. D.C. madam Debra Jean Palfrey was declared a suicide, as was her employee Brandy Britton.

And now we have this scientist who has won awards for his dedicated work performance committing suicide. The problem is that if he was responsible for the anthrax attacks that would prove the US was producing weaponized anthrax.

Four high profile suicides related to the Bush Administration's failures isn't a conspiracy, but it's not pure crazy talk either.

[Sparko]

A lot of people who indicate they are willing to testify against the current administration turn up as suicides.

Craig Spence predicted he would be killed and made to look like a suicide, and....he was found to be a suicide before he could testify. D.C. madam Debra Jean Palfrey was declared a suicide, as was her employee Brandy Britton.

And now we have this scientist who has won awards for his dedicated work performance committing suicide. The problem is that if he was responsible for the anthrax attacks that would prove the US was producing weaponized anthrax.

Four high profile suicides related to the Bush Administration's failures isn't a conspiracy, but it's not pure crazy talk either.

dang and you just posted all that on a forum owned by the government. very brave.

[rogue06]

A lot of people who indicate they are willing to testify against the current administration turn up as suicides.

Craig Spence predicted he would be killed and made to look like a suicide, and....he was found to be a suicide before he could testify. D.C. madam Debra Jean Palfrey was declared a suicide, as was her employee Brandy Britton.

And now we have this scientist who has won awards for his dedicated work performance committing suicide. The problem is that if he was responsible for the anthrax attacks that would prove the US was producing weaponized anthrax.

Four high profile suicides related to the Bush Administration's failures isn't a conspiracy, but it's not pure crazy talk either.

Reminds me of all the stories about all the mysterious deaths of people that were close to the Clintons. Man some people have their tinfoil hats twisted on way too tight. You make the rest of us paranoid delusional types look bad.

[Dee Dee Warren]

That is what I was going to say rogue.

But 2001 psstt.... I was way ahead of the bell curve. In 1998 or 1999 our office had what fortunately turned out to be a false alarm, but was treated as an anthrax attack. I don't think I have ever been so scared when the men in the spacesuits showed up and sat us all down in the hall and asked who touched the stuff. I did (walked in it), but I kept my mouth shut. The persons who admitted it were made to strip, get into togos, and were taken down to the parking lot and unceremoniously scrubbed down with bleach totally in the raw in makeshift tarp tents, and then no local hospital would take them - none of them had any idea what to do.

Turned out not to be anthrax, but freaky experience. Didn't get any real press either. I also had my identity stolen about five years before anyone even heard of such a thing - the police wouldn't even take a report.

So I am way ahead on experiencing the newest and greatest threats.

Not a good thing.

[Abelard]

Man some people have their tinfoil hats twisted on way too tight. You make the rest of us paranoid delusional types look bad.

Thank you my friend, my tinfoil hat is quite secure.

As is my tinfoil codpiece.

If political current trends continue, I will almost certainly put a stick of butter in my mouth, a pound of shredded cheddar cheese in my underwear and attend the Darth Xena Halloween Ball as a baked potato.