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My Highwire interview: Del Bigtree was incredibly nice and helpful. I couldn’t be happier with it.
https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/bio-warfare-expert-exposes-w-h-o-pandemic-treaty-threat/ He asked the right questions. He let me talk about things that I thought were really important to get out. He was knowledgeable. But then at the end, he pulled a rabbit out of a hat. He told his audience we are living in very unusual times. That they should stand up and…
NYT: Critics of Anthrax Inquiry Seek an Independent Review
Article by Scott Shane September 23, 2008 WASHINGTON — Congressional critics of the F.B.I.’s anthrax investigation are seeking an independent review of the seven-year inquiry to assess the bureau’s performance and its conclusion that an Army scientist, Bruce E. Ivins, carried out the 2001 attacks alone. Rush D. Holt, Democrat of New Jersey, would create…
The Limits of Forensic Microbiology, or “We prosecute people, not beakers”
The FBI and major media have placed a lot of emphasis on the techniques used to identify the specific batch of Ames anthrax used in the Daschle/Leahy letters. Careful consideration of these methods is certainly important, for their accuracy is critical to the FBI’s theory of the case. However, at the end of the day,…
No reason to assume the anthrax powder was produced in the week before the letters were sent/ GSN
From Global Security Newswire, including material from the Frederick News-Post: The fact that Ivins kept very late laboratory hours in the days before the letters were mailed is not as unusual as the FBI contends, said former USAMRIID head of bacteriology Gerry Andrews. Ivins was working on multiple projects at the time could have kept…
Have an expensive medical condition and need to choose an insurer? Good Luck! / NY Times
Although I have deep concerns about how government would manage healthcare were it the sole provider of health insurance, there are so many terrible problems with the current system that single payer seems the only way out. Here is an example of why the concept of markets doesn’t work in healthcare: it is impossible to…
Editorial: Anthrax Attacks Still A Mystery After 10 Years/ Hartford Courant
From the Courant: October 5, 2011 After the World Trade Center was destroyed 10 years ago, death arrived once again — in the mail. Anthrax, a terrifying and deadly bacterium that multiplies rapidly when inhaled, began to appear in letters sent to a variety of places. Among these were the New York Post, the offices…