Scary overview of current evidence regarding the 02001 anthrax letters.
On 29 August 02008, the FBI’s primary suspect (Bruce Ivins) committed suicide. Ivins worked at the government post that analyzed the letters, and possibly sent the letters (though this is uncertain). The US government itself says that the letters were an inside job.
The anthrax letters were a key part of linking Saddam with 9/11; early confusion suggested Iraq as a likely culprit for the WTC attacks partly due to a general lack of information, but it quickly became a ‘fact’ in popular conception.
ABC News had very quickly presented claims that the anthrax contained material that could only come from Iraq, but there were never scientific claims of this nature. This has long since been proven false, but ABC have shown no interest in revealing the four sources who provided the false information.
Given that there were hints by October 18 that the US was considering an Iraq invasion, the false evidence regarding WMDs, and general warmongering, it would not be surprising if this were a deliberate move on the government’s part to create a case for invading Iraq.
