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No Anthrax Found in Maryland Pond
No traces of anthrax were found in tests of soil samples taken from a Maryland pond drained in June by the FBI, law enforcement officials said Friday. Authorities found a gun, a bicycle, fishing lures and "a lot of junk, but nothing of an evidentiary nature in the anthrax case," said one official. Officials have not determined whether the gun might be linked to some other unsolved crime. The 1.45 million-gallon pond in a Frederick, Md., forest was drained after a search by FBI divers last winter uncovered a plastic box with two holes cut into it that some investigators theorized could have been used to safely fill envelopes with deadly anthrax spores. Oh, so thatâs what got the FBI intersted. I can see their point. Anthrax-laced envelopes mailed to government and media offices killed five people and sickened 17 others in the fall of 2001. Some officials thought that the box could have been used to fill the envelopes and then dumped in the pond, or perhaps used while submerged to reduce the chances of exposure. The FBI is still chasing Hatfill. I sure wish I knew what it is that they know that seems to make them so sure that the source of the anthrax wasnât al-Queada. Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-08-01 |
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