Watch Frontline’s “The Anthrax Files”/ PBS
See Part I of The Anthrax Files. This terribly important 1 hour documentary uncovered new evidence in the case. Additional videos related to the case are accessible at the site. Enjoy.
See Part I of The Anthrax Files. This terribly important 1 hour documentary uncovered new evidence in the case. Additional videos related to the case are accessible at the site. Enjoy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/business/europe-green-investments-nuclear-natural-gas.html Europe Plans to Say Nuclear Power and Natural Gas Are Green Investments The draft proposal could help unleash a wave of investment, but critics say both sources of energy cause damage to the environment. The European Union has drawn up plans to classify some nuclear power and natural gas plants as green investments that…
Scientist’s Working Group on Chemical and Biologic Weapons Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation February 17, 2014 Introduction: The danger to world or regional public health from the escape from microbiology laboratories of pathogens capable of causing pandemics, or Potentially Pandemic Pathogens (PPPs) has been the subject of considerable discussion1,2,3,4 including mathematical modeling of the…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dube-update-health-services-plan-1.6208975 The article claims 93% are fully vaccinated. I am skeptical of that number. I doubt that would lead to a staffing crisis. I could be wrong. My guess is 20-30%–Nass Quebec delays vaccine mandate for health-care workers by one month, fearing staffing crisis Risk of staff shortages ‘too high,’ health minister says, as deadline…
Get ready for turbulence ahead. Yesterday American Airlines had almost 300 of its flights canceled, almost 10 percent of its total schedule, far more than ANY other carrier in the United States (Southwest remains second), and another 673 delayed. It is no doubt purely coincidental that I have heard from multiple pilots at American this…
Here is the BMJ’s corker: “DHSC has provided no single coherent statement to explain and justify its intended policy, and this undermines the ability of the House to undertake effective scrutiny of the proposed legislation.” And below is the entire article: A House of Lords committee has raised several concerns about the proposed legislation to…
https://www.juliusruechel.com/2021/09/the-snake-oil-salesmen-and-covid-zero.html This article is a real treat. Julius Ruechel has written a tour de force that starts with your immune system, moves to the Diamond Princess and the uses made by big businesss and the political class of the COVID pandemic, discusses the role of viruses and their mutations for illness and for health, A.D.E.,…
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The anthrax attack on the Capitol Hill complex was an attack on the core of American democracy. The investigation is not finished until
1) the silicon tin signature can be replicated in conditions approximating those of whoever sent it
2) the entire lineage of every flask of Ames anthrax DNA in the world is traced back to the cow or as closely as possible.
Interesting timing for yesterday's FBI Dog and Pony Show.
If Ivins had spent months growing anthrax in plates in trash bags or other odd places, then he would have tracked the spores to his car and home. But the FBI found none.
This is particularly true if Ivins handled them outside the BSL3 and did not shower after handling them.
Old Atlantic Lighthouse wrote: "If Ivins had spent months growing anthrax in plates in trash bags or other odd places, then he would have tracked the spores to his car and home. But the FBI found none.
"This is particularly true if Ivins handled them outside the BSL3 and did not shower after handling them."
Ivins grew the spores in the autoclave bags in his BSL-3 lab, refined them there, and prepared the letters there. And, he showed after handling them.
So, you seem to agree that Ivins had the capability.
It's known that Ivins allowed full autoclave bags to accumulate in his lab for weeks. No one would know if Ivins removed the anthrax from the plates and put empty plates back into the bags.
Besides, Ivins was accustomed to handling plates with anthrax in them. He did it every day. The only time there was a risk of spores going all over the place would be when he scraped the DRY spores out of the drying dish and into the letters. And, he would have done that task inside of a biosafety cabinet in his BSL-3 lab.
He was careful, but he still tracked spores into his office and into the locker room and elsewhere. He TWICE did unauthorized cleanups to get rid of the evidence. Remember?
He wouldn't have tracked the spores home because he showered and disposed of his lab clothes after loading the letters with anthrax. And, since he didn't want fingerprints on the letters, he probably carried them around in a Ziplock bag, and wiped down the outside of the bag with bleach.
AFTER the attacks, Ivins handled the Daschle letter in his BSL-3 lab in his biosafety cabinet. So, no one would be able to tell if the spores were there from when he prepared the letters prior to mailing them or from when he handled the Daschle letter to test the spore concentration.
Ed