Saturday, August 02, 2008

Just A Bit Of The Bad Stuff

Anthrax. It's bad.  Really bad. One of the big stories this past week deserves some of our attention, since I was remiss in not posting about it earlier. I'm a bit bothered by the amount of time it took to track down this dude.  Aren't you?

The Anthrax Guy

 You’ve probably heard by now that a suspect in the anthrax poisonings of 2001 committed suicide just before he allegedly was to be charged. How … convenient. Glenn Greenwald covers this in minute detail, so I will lean on him for background. As Glenn says, it appears the anthrax was being dispersed from a top U.S. [...]

 WaPo: Purported 'Anthrax Killer' Had 'No Access to Dry, Powered Anthrax,' According to Expert, Lab Officials
 Earlier today we singled out the media's failure to note the purported "liberal" leanings of those targeted by the "Anthrax Killer" (such as two leading Senate Democrats) in their coverage of the reported suicide of suspect Bruce E. Ivins. Those reports noted that Ivins was soon to be indicted in the [...]

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