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| No Anthrax Found in Maryland Pond |
| 2003-08-01 |
| 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 that’s 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 wasn’t al-Queada. |
| Posted by:Patrick Phillips |
| #3 Unfortunately, PD, it's not limited to the FBI. EVERY government office in the wasteland known as DC is tainted. You can smell the decay in every state of the union. The real root cause of much of what's bad in the United States rests with the Civil Service Employee's Union, or whatever it's called these days. Too much dead wood, too little thinning, lots of insest and disease, rampant crime, and an unlimited capacity for self-deception. What's needed is a good, old-fashioned "control burn" to eliminate the deadwood and cut back on the underbrush. Unfortunately, there aren't enough Americans willing to do that to make it work. No foreign power would ever THINK of destroying DC. It's much too much an ally, especially if it's a totalitarian or dictatorial power. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-8-1 9:26:18 PM |
| #2 Hatfill. Richard Jewel. Collen Rowley. The list is long and ugly. Investigation by Press Conference is not law enforcement. Elite Law Enforcement Agency my ass. The political shitheads have taken over and screwed this organization up beyond recognition. No Elliot Ness' here folks. Sadly, the Fibbies degenerated into a media-driven publicity whore some years ago. Anything emanating from Washington is spun until it's dizzy. Only the field offices seem to contain anyone resembling real investigators anymore - and they are in the minority in the "headline" offices, such as NY and El Lay. For an example that came to light in spite of the best efforts of FBI HQ, just recall Colleen Rowley's experience trying to investigate "20th Hijacker" Moussaoui... The "story" as reported by the "news": http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/warnings020524.html The Rowley memo to Mueller - which is a knockout by a real FBI Agent, not a media darling peacock politico: http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/3738192.html Sadly, it's a bureaucratic nightmare and buddy-network that, in sum, can't find its own ass with an arc-light. If they beheaded the FBI and put people like Rowley in charge, it might actually serve us, the taxpayers, and become the "elite" investigative force it's advertising claims. Drain the FBI HQ swamp and good things will start to happen in the WoT. |
| Posted by: PD 2003-8-1 7:26:51 PM |
| #1 Althought it's a multiple murder investigation, I think we're rapidly approaching the point where they have to start releasing more information. It's not fair to Hatfill to have trashed his reputation apparently without reason, and a controlled release of information may turn up new information to break the case. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-8-1 12:22:52 PM |