Home
Refresh   Tag(s): ; ; ; ; ; ;
Add to My Group
August 18, 2008 at 18:04:44

View Ratings | Rate It

FBI sweeps anthrax under the rug

by Sheila Casey     Page 1 of 5 page(s)

www.opednews.com

Tell A Friend

US Attorney Jeff Taylor was sweating on August 6, as he laid out his case against the late Dr. Bruce Ivins at a news conference—and with good reason. Anyone familiar with the case is well aware that Dr. Ivins was railroaded, and that the news conference was a flimsy web of lies.

Ivins had nothing to do with the 2001 anthrax attacks. The attacks were almost certainly carried out by the only group that had the means to produce the highly weaponized anthrax in the letters: the CIA, its contractor Battelle Memorial Institute of West Jefferson, Ohio., and the Army at Dugway in Utah.

The DOJ-FBI frame-up of Ivins rests heavily upon the claim of new advances in genetic testing which supposedly prove that the killer anthrax could have come only from Ivins’ flask.

Jeff Taylor stated:



The FBI sought out the best experts in the scientific community and, over time, four highly sensitive and specific tests were developed that were capable of detecting the unique qualities of the anthrax used in the 2001 attacks.

This is an outright lie. No special tests were required to assess the genetic heritage of the Ames strain in the envelopes. The Washington Post reported on December 16, 2001 that “only five laboratories so far have been found to have spores with perfect genetic matches to those in the Senate letters.”

The distinguishing feature of the anthrax that killed five people in 2001 is not related to its genes. What made that anthrax unique was that it was highly weaponized. Anthrax is a common pathogen found in the soil in many places. It doesn’t become lethal unless produced in such a way that it behaves like a gas, floating easily in the air and deep into a victim’s lungs.

The anthrax used in the attacks was beyond cutting edge. Donald A. Henderson, former assistant secretary for the Office of Public Health Preparedness at the Department of Health and Human Services, told Science magazine: "It just didn't have to be that good" to be lethal.

Why the killer anthrax was so deadly

1. Precisely sized particles—1.5 to 5 microns. Anything smaller is exhaled, anything larger tends to get caught either in the nose or in the cilia in the trachea.

2. Coated with silica. The silica acted as a buffer, preventing spores from adhering to one another. The silica on the attack anthrax rested on a thin layer of polymerized glass, which is a highly advanced technique for coating anthrax spores. To do this required a “spray dryer,” the cheapest of which sells for $50,000. The lyophilizer in Ivins’ lab is used to dry anthrax, but can NOT be used to coat the spores with silica. Ivins did not have a spray dryer.

3. Highly concentrated. The letter to Senator Daschle’s office contained two grams of anthrax, about the weight of a dime. Each gram contained a trillion pure spores of anthrax, or enough to kill 200 million people.

4. Electro-statically charged. The slight charge on each spore caused it to repel the other spores and spread out into the room after the envelope was opened.

It is these attributes of the anthrax—not its genetic heritage—which made it so unique and so lethal.

The source of the anthrax was clear in 2001

US Attorney Jeff Taylor characterized a flask in Dr. Ivin’s possession as “the murder weapon.” But a Dec. 12, 2001 article in the Baltimore Sun stated:

Next Page  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5

 

http://www.sheilacasey.com

Sheila Casey is a DC based journalist and 9/11 truth activist. Her work has been published in The Denver Post, Buzz Flash, Common Dreams, Dissident Voice and The Rock Creek Free Press.

The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author Contact Editor View Authors' Articles

 

Book Recommendations for "911 Truth"
The American Truth
by Nick Shelton

$14.99
Lowest New Price $13.48

Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Mill City Press

THE REAL 911: TRUTH and TESTIMONY
by Peter Revere

$19.95
Lowest New Price $12.36

Number of pages: 408
Publisher: AuthorHouse

911 Nine Eleven The Ultimate Truth

$83.50

Number of pages: 506
Publisher: Red Pill Press

Marriage 911: The Truth about Marriage

$19.95

Number of pages:
Publisher: Double Vision Productions, Incorporated

View All Book Recommendations

Share this page: (what's this?)                   Tell a Friend: Tell A Friend

FACEBOOK      DIGG THIS      Add This Page to Mr Wong!           NEWSVINE      DEl.ICIO.US      Looksmart Furl      NETSCAPE      My Web      Tag!RawSugar      Blink List     (More...)
Comments: Expand   Shrink   Hide  
No comments

 
Want to post your own comment on this Article? Post Comment


 

Most Popular Articles
in the Last 2 Days
(by Recommend Emails)

Photo Essay: Thoughts for the Fourth of July: Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk for Peace by Mac McKinney

Rothschild's Federal Reserve Must Be Abolished by Allen L Roland

Health Insurance Exec Whistleblower Wendell Potter Testifies Before Congress by Wendell Potter

Hypocritical Repugnicans Owe WJ Clinton an Apology by David Gray

Dept. of State Spokesman Addresses McKinney's Capture by Meryl Ann Butler

Torture on the 4th of July by Lawrence Gist

Our Nation has a Great Deal to Learn from Phillip Butler about Morality, Law, and Torture by Lawrence Gist

A Not-So-Glorious Fourth Posted by Josh Mitteldorf

Capricorn Full Moon Eclipse 2009 by Cathy Lynn Pagano

Obama and "Pre-Emptive Capitulation" as a Modality of Democratic Governance by Herbert Calhoun

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

 

Tell a Friend: Tell A Friend

Copyright © 2002-2009, OpEdNews

Powered by Populum