Suddenly, out of nowhere, the gov't claims that a guy you've never heard of, a Mr. Bruce E. Ivins, a scientist with anthrax-access at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where we knew the Ames strain of anthrax used in the post-9/11 anthrax attacks* came from,
committed suicide right before being charged with being behind such attacks. Allegedly, Mr. Ivins was depressed for the last month or so before his death. His alleged method of suicide was a combination of "prescription Tylenol and codeine."
Our astute AP reporter neglected to mention that:
- The first wave of attacks targeted media outlets. Why?
- The second wave targeted two Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D., S. Dakota) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D., Vermont), both of whom were carefully examining the pending Patriot Act and expressing the unlikelihood that they would pass it.
Our astute reporter then failed to ask:
- When Ivins' brother "sang like a canary" to the Feds, what did he say?
- What would Ivins' motive have been? Does anyone know or claim to know?
- What would Ivins have been trying to accomplish?
- Why, if Ivins did it, did he perform the alleged attacks so soon after 9/11? Did he merely take advantage of the situation? (If so, see #3).
- Could Ivins, if guilty, have been subcontracting for another entity? (If so, see #2.)
There's far more to the story than this, all of which has long ago been reported. Randi Rhodes has them
here, in case any actual journalists care to read the background information necessary to doing their fucking jobs. And, no, I didn't get the above ideas from her. Two of the most important articles in her list are likely
this and
this. Let's just say money, Dick Cheney, Saudi Arabia, and some intelligence folks appear to've been involved.
*Bububut there haven't
been any terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11! Oh, wait....
UPDATE:
Brad Friedman has a long post on the coverage of today's story.
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