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| 2008-08-04 |
| The suicide of Bruce Ivins, a prime suspect in the 2001 anthrax mail poisonings will certainly give the conspiracy jobbers something to wag their tongues about for a few days. But until a little more information becomes available, I would hold to the facts and not speculate too forcefully - yet. There are certainly troubling aspects to the idea that the anthrax attacks were planned and carried out by an employee who works in a government lab. And the strange way the investigation was handled by the FBI and the Army leaves many questions unanswered. There is also the timing of the attacks - so soon after 9/11 that at the time, it was easy to believe America was under attack by Islamic militiants on several fronts. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #5 As I commented in the other thread, there is an alarming tendency to force a conviction by bending the evidence to fit the selected "suspect", and to ignore any other routes once the main guy has been "chosen" by the lead (be it a prosecutor or detective). Look at the Ramseys (Jon-Benet case), and many other injustices. The FBI blew this - and nobody had the guts to question the initial Hatfield error. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-04 21:41 |
| #4 The criminal justice system doesn't work. Buy a gun. Just how will a gun protect any of us from anthrax? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-08-04 20:00 |
| #3 There is a loyalty code in policing. Generally, once a lead officer excludes a suspect, everyone else follows suit. For those who are unaware, police are not directed toward solving crimes. They are driven to "Clearing" complaints. An unsolved crime is treated as "cleared" when it is "filed." The public is brainwashed by over-doses of hero cop tales on TV and movies. In reality, the work product of the average cop is about 2 convictions per month, but many more "clearances." The criminal justice system doesn't work. Buy a gun. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-08-04 19:38 |
| #2 Troubling aspects indeed. "Conspiracy" or not, the bullshit flag must go down. He held a clearance, probably a DoD TS/SCI, and he was seeing a shrink and his USAMRIID supervisor and Security Manager did nothing to restrict his access? Was a 5 year security clearance Reriodic Re-investigation (PR) conducted during all of this? Did his position require a poly? If he was an FBI informant, did they poly him? Just a few questions yet unanswered. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-04 14:14 |
| #1 The money quote: It wasn't until FBI chief Mueller kicked out the agents heading the inquiry in 2006 and replaced them that movement towards Ivins began. Once again, leadership matters even in huge overgrown bureaucracies like the FBI or the Federal gubmint. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-08-04 13:14 |