tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post3102540651528308068..comments2024-03-27T05:14:13.995-04:00Comments on Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.: Preventing Bioterrorism (Op/Ed by Rep. Rush Holt)Meryl Nass, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07001997291638442225noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post-32297789283262865452009-03-17T17:38:00.000-04:002009-03-17T17:38:00.000-04:00Bingo. After all of the scientific "fingerprinting...Bingo. After all of the scientific "fingerprinting" (according to Paul Keim, THE scientist in on it from the beginning), we are left with "the only place I know of that makes anthrax powder is the Dugway Proving Ground." Bruce Ivins is far from the only one with that to say in 2001-2002. And Paul in 2009?: "I don't know."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post-22338619799076795142009-03-17T16:13:00.000-04:002009-03-17T16:13:00.000-04:00Paul Keim on His Life With the FBI During the Anth...Paul Keim on His Life With the FBI During the Anthrax Investigation, Mar. 13 SCIENCE<BR/><BR/>Q: When did you learn that investigators were focusing on Bruce Ivins?<BR/><BR/>P.K.: On 14 May 2008, when FBI agents and Justice Department officials revealed his name in the course of questioning me about the timeline for how the technology for fingerprinting anthrax had improved since the mid-'90s.<BR/><BR/>Q: How did the interview unfold?<BR/><BR/>P.K.: It was in a room at the Courtyard Marriott near the Washington Dulles airport, where I was attending a meeting of the FBI's Scientific Working Group on Microbial [Genetics and] Forensics. There were five FBI agents and officials from the U.S. Attorney's office. … I remember making a nervous joke. I said I've greased up my wrists just so I can slip out of my handcuffs when you throw me in the back of the van. …<BR/><BR/>What they were trying to establish was how much Ivins would have known about the developments in fingerprinting [to distinguish between different strains]. They pulled out e-mails that Ivins and I had exchanged in 2001-2002 as part of ongoing discussions amongst anthrax researchers about the attacks. They wanted to know if I could tell, from those e-mails, if Ivins might have been attempting to cover his tracks.<BR/><BR/>Q: What did you conclude?<BR/>P.K.: I didn't see any smoking gun. I went back and looked at some other e-mails from him, and in one that he sent on 7 February 2002 to the group, he said, "The only place I know of that makes anthrax powder is the Dugway Proving Ground."<BR/><BR/>Q: Do you think Ivins was guilty?<BR/>P.K.: I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post-29808965308801463782009-03-17T08:01:00.000-04:002009-03-17T08:01:00.000-04:00Possible leaders of the commission: Hamilton and ...Possible leaders of the commission: Hamilton and Kean, Kissinger, Scowcroft, James Baker, Alberto Gonazles, John Yoo, Wolfowitz, etc.<BR/><BR/>The Constitution should have had a provision for state attorney generals to appoint or supervise investigations or prosecutions of federal officials. Time for an Amendment. These would have the authority to disclose information of the federal government or non government parties.Old Atlantic Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851308758539648628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post-72401173115088629902009-03-17T07:38:00.000-04:002009-03-17T07:38:00.000-04:00The Seattle paper recently announced it was going...The Seattle paper recently announced it was going to be online only but I had no idea this what they meant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post-62147669752190706552009-03-17T02:13:00.000-04:002009-03-17T02:13:00.000-04:00This commission must have an interesting result, n...This commission must have an interesting result, no matter how it goes. If they conclude the FBI case against Ivins is correct, then we as a nation are sold out by both parties. I'm betting they won't, though. Which will leave the largest hanging cloud over the biodefense industry, hanging larger and blacker than ever, with no answers. Best guess: no answers will be found. And we're likely still done for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com