The CIA is beginning to assert that the 2001 anthrax attacks
were a terrorist plot. This goes against the FBI's accusation
that they were a demonstration of our vulnerability to a
bioweapons attack that was perpetrated by a U.S.
government scientist. The problem is, the anthrax used in the
attacks was the Ames strain, which so far has only been
found in the U.S. Traces of anthrax were recovered from a
bomb in Iraq, but they weren't from the Ames strain.
Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough write in The Washington
Times that the CIA points to the fact that the anthrax was
sent to two U.S. senators and several media organizations in
envelopes containing letters that ended with: "death to
America, death to Israel, Allah is great."
It's been an embarrassment to our government that, although
Stephen Hatfill has been suspected of the crime, they
haven't yet been able to gather enough evidence to indict
him. Meanwhile, Hatfill is suing the government for ruining his
reputation. If the anthrax attacks were blamed on terrorists
instead, no specific information would be needed to back up
the claim (since all such information would be classified), and
the crime could finally be considered solved.
Is our world advancing?or did we actually know more in the
past?
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