The Anthrax attacks of 2001 were an inside job; not the work of Al Qaeda, but Americans killing Americans.
The week following Ivins' alleged "suicide," the news media was saturated with stories on the deranged scientist and his defection. Headlines read "US Anthrax Suspect Commits Suicide," and "Ivins' Therapist Feared the Anthrax Suspect." The story shifted from the FBI's vigilance to the deranged mental state of the Anthrax mastermind. The narrative on the news followed the details of the investigation leading up to Ivins, and Ivans' potential motives; he was a mentally unstable homicidal maniac, or he might have wanted to test his biological weapon so as to promote a vaccine. Yes, just like Mission Impossible: II. I could not make this up if I tried. And thats where the story ends as far as the US news media is concerned.
Wait a second, thats it? Seriously??!?
I'm no journalist, but I've at least HEARD of the 5 W's. Who, What, When, Where, and Why. The first 4 are covered sufficiently enough, but I could piss in the snow a more thorough "Why" story than was done by the media. He once mentioned homicidal thoughts about his co-workers to his therapist? Come on, every single person on this planet has wished someone dead at some point in there lives. Especially their co-workers. I'd be concerned about someone who hasn't wanted to kill their co-workers at least once. And for the second explanation, one that was entertained by several nightly news anchors and political commentators, is that perhaps he wanted to test the severity of his biological weapon. Or perhaps he wanted to promote a vaccine. I got one; maybe he wanted to poison the world and then at the last minute, release a vaccine that made him obscenely rich. Any of those would be perfectly fine stories if we completely ignored everything else we know about the Anthrax attacks. Anyone who calls themselves a journalist and draws conclusions about motive without investigating things like, for example, WHO THE DAMN ANTHRAX WAS SENT TO AND WHEN, doesn't deserve the label in my opinion.
Its all about context. Had 7 Anthrax letters been mailed to random people with no connection at some random point in history, then perhaps the explanations given are as good as any. But lets dive into this and take a look at the victims and the time frame and see if we can draw a conclusion that fits the evidence. 5 letters were mailed to news outlets; NBC, ABC, CBS, AMI (American Media Inc) and the New York Post. The remaining 2 letters were mailed to (this is the important part) two US Senators. Senator Tom Daschle and Senator Patrick Leahy.
Its still all about context. This was 1 week after the attacks of September 11th. The Patriot Act was being pushed by the Bush Administration and was before Congress. The Patriot Act was set to strip Americans of many of our rights and would make legal many things that President Bush had been doing illegally since February of 2001 like certain illegal wiretaps. The country was in a state of shock and fear, and was robbed of their ability to reason. When people are in shock, their ability to reason and make rational decisions is severely compromised. Most members of Congress didn't even read the Patriot Act, as was highlighted by Michael Moore in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11." Despite its catastrophic infringements on our rights in the name of national security, the Patriot Act had overwhelming support in this time of desperation. So, here we are, with the most highly unconstitutional piece of legislation in modern times in front of Congress, and the Bush Administration is throwing a fit telling them to sign it immediately.
More context needed. Senator Jim Jefferts, a Republican from Vermont, had recently left the Republican Party over the "No Child Left Behind" act. This shifted the majority and gave the Democrats control of the Senate for a brief period of time. This made Senator Tom Daschle the Senate Majority Leader, and that is the person who decides what legislation gets voted on and when. Senator Patrick Leahy became the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as he still is today. The Patriot Act had to first pass through the Senate Judiciary Committee, which means that Senator Patrick Leahy had to put it up for a vote in that committee. It then had to be voted on in the Senate, meaning that Senator Tom Daschle had to put it up for vote in the Senate. Both Senators had publicly stated that they were either disinclined to pass the Patriot Act, or at the very least wanted to do some thorough investigations into the bill.
Out of the 535 members of the US Congress, these were the only two men that could stop the Patriot Act from being signed into law. And coincidentally, they were the only two men in the US Congress to receive Anthrax.
Now whaddaya know, 7 years later, and the man who supplied the Anthrax has conveniently committed suicide just as the FBI was about to bring charges. Convenient for his accomplices. Oh, unless you believe that this man acted alone and just HAPPENED BY CHANCE to send Anthrax to the only two people on Planet Earth who could have stopped the Patriot Act. Conveniently for Patriot Act supporters, those two men were sent a weaponized biological powder.
"I, like God, do not play with dice, and do not believe in coincidence." -V
Bruce Ivins died of what was apparently an over the counter drug overdose. He took too much Tylenol with Codine. Sounds familiar... (Credit for this next comparison goes to Thom Hartmann on his Friday show) A man named Mark Hatfield wrote a book just before 2000 called "Fortunate Son." Its a biography of George W. Bush. In a different book, an autobiography of George W. Bush, there is a period of time where Bush describes working in a community center in downtown Dallas with homeless people in a minority community. Bush discusses how noble that was and how he did that to gain a sense of the other side and whatnot. Hatfield, in Fortunate Son, claims that he did this because he was busted for cocaine, and did this as a community service punishment. Substantiated by evidence, Hatfield goes on to describe how Bush Sr. got this purged, and when Bush Jr. became Governor of Texas, he got a new drivers license and all records of George W. Bush's existence in state computers had essentially vanished. Mark Hatfield, shortly after his book released, also allegedly commit suicide, by a prescription drug overdose. His book was recalled and burned. Another amazing coincidence that ended up being incredibly convenient for the same people; the Bush Administration and his pack of thugs. Sounds like a mob movie. Something for you to chew on...
Lets get back to the Anthrax. The letters were written in child handwriting. One letter read "9-11-01, You can not stop us. We have this anthrax. You die now. Are you afraid? Death to America. Death to Israel. Allah is great." The other read "9-11-01, This is next, Take Penacilin now, Death to America, Death to Israel, Allah is great." Sounds like it was written by a caricature of a Muslim extremist; an American's perception of what Al Qaeda is like if you ask me. Osama Bin Laden wrote an extensive "Letter to the American people" after 9/11. Here are some excerpts:
"(i) Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and devastation. The creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals...."
"(ii) It brings us both laughter and tears to see that you have not yet tired of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to Palestine, as it was promised to them in the Torah. Anyone who disputes with them on this alleged fact is accused of anti-semitism. This is one of the most fallacious, widely-circulated fabrications in history. The people of Palestine are pure Arabs and original Semites. It is the Muslims who are the inheritors of Moses and the inheritors of the real Torah that has not been changed....
"(d) You steal our wealth and oil at paltry prices because of you international influence and military threats. This theft is indeed the biggest theft ever witnessed by mankind in the history of the world.
"(e) Your forces occupy our countries; you spread your military bases throughout them; you corrupt our lands, and you besiege our sanctities, to protect the security of the Jews and to ensure the continuity of your pillage of our treasures.
"(f) You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children die every day. It is a wonder that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children have died as a result of your sanctions, and you did not show concern. Yet when 3000 of your people died, the entire world rises and has not yet sat down."Whether you agree or disagree with anything he said, this is a man who has thought out his position and has eloquently described it to the American people. Yet, the Al Qaeda guy in charge of the Anthrax attacks can't come up with anything better than "death to America"? Secondly, if Muslims wanted to kill any Americans, it would undoubtedly be neo-conservative Republicans. The war mongers, hell bent on occupying Muslim countries, killing off every radical, and forcing oil rich countries like Iraq into giving no-bid oil contracts to US oil companies. (this already happened in Iraq, incase you weren't paying attention, and it was probably the reason for the war in the first place - to privatize Iraqi oil. Crazy left wing wacko conspiracy theorists were right after all...) Finally, consider the source; the Bush Administration plugged lies and deception into the US media and claimed that this was a "second wave of terrorist attacks." The GOP even went so far as to say that the source of the Anthrax was Iraq. (Already planting seeds in the minds of Americans for invading Iraq) Even Senator John McCain, who is running a hopelessly deranged, maniacal, and contradictory presidential campaign, was one of the people attempting to link Iraq to the Anthrax attacks. Here is Senator McCain on Letterman saying that there are indications that some of the Anthrax may have come from Iraq:
Yet another tragedy that was used by the GOP to push an agenda of invading Iraq.
So lets step back and look at the facts here:
1) we have anthrax attacks on the two people that could stop legislation that gave the President unprecedented power. Tools that could be used, arguably, to attain a permanent majority.
2) anthrax letters written by poor, American caricatures of radical Muslims, despite a well spoken and eloquent leader.
3) proof positive that the anthrax source was one of the most highly secure locations in the country; the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, all evidence leading to an inside job.
4) the lead suspect dead before he can testify, killed in a similar fashion to another person who stood in the path of President Bush.
5) Republicans publicly used the anthrax attack to promote the invasion of Iraq, including Senator John McCain.
6) ABC News reports that sources in a US Military lab said links in the Anthrax used in the attacks are linked to Iraqi Anthrax programs. ABC News has yet to reveal the source of this phony falsified evidence.
What we need now is a story. I can only believe one viable story, and I'm going to share it with you:
Daschle and Leahy looked as though they were going to stop the Patriot Act, and they had the means to do so. They needed to be dead. The thug branch of the Bush Administration (if I had to guess, I'd say led by Karl Rove) orchestrated an attack under the cover of the 9/11 terrorists. They employed an American biological weapons researcher to steal a sample of this deadly Anthrax from the USAMRIID, which they mailed to those two Senators. To disguise their intent, they also sent Anthrax to several news outlets, and included notes about "death to America" so as to trick the American people into thinking this was another FOREIGN terrorist attack. The Bush Administration fabricated some evidence and gave it out to right wingers across the country to spread more anti-Iraq sentiment and shift our focus from Afghanistan to Iraq. Republicans took the opportunity to make public Iraq-Anthrax links. The FBI actually used Bruce Ivans in their investigation of the anthrax, and they focus on a false suspect. Finally, 7 years later, the FBI is closing in on the REAL source of the Anthrax, Bruce Ivans, and he is murdered before he can be arrested. Silenced. Like a rat in a mob movie.
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