Reply #120: Some mistakes.

[jobycom]

There were possibly three different grades of anthrax, including an intermediary grade between the early mailings and the Senate mailings.

"The letters contained at least two grades of anthrax material; the coarse brown material sent in the media letters and the fine powder sent to the two U.S. Senators. In addition, it has been suggested the anthrax material sent to an old Post Office Box address of the National Enquirer and then forwarded to AMI may have been an intermediate grade similar to the anthrax sent to the Senate.<2> The brown granular anthrax sent to media outlets in New York City caused only skin infections, cutaneous anthrax. The anthrax sent to the Senators caused the more dangerous form of infection known as inhalation anthrax, as did the anthrax sent to AMI in Florida.

Although the anthrax preparations were of different grades, all of the material derived from the same bacterial strain. Known as the Ames strain, it was first researched at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland. The Ames strain was then distributed to at least fifteen bio-research labs within the U.S. and six locations overseas."

Further, the early reports that the senate anthrax was "weaponized" is disputed.

"More potent than the first anthrax letters, the material in the Senate letters was a highly refined dry powder consisting of about one gram of nearly pure spores. Earlier reports described the material in the Senate letters as "weaponized" or "weapons grade" anthrax. However, in September 2006, the Washington Post reported that the FBI no longer believes the anthrax was weaponized."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax_attacks

Back to my original assertion. It could have been BushCo, it could have been a rogue within our government, or it could have been some lone loon who did his homework and wanted to "help" Bush.

Here's a possible profile. A lone nut, a survivalist with a chemistry degree, sits and stews during the Clinton administration. He is angry about Waco and Ruby Ridge and whatever else. He sees the Democrats as weak on foreign policy, too strong on local civil liberties. So he sits around his little cabin or mom's basement or wherever, staring at his guns but to cowardly to assassinate anyone. He devises a plan to mail something deadly to his enemies, and does the research, and figures out exactly how he would pull it off. Somehow he even finds a way to get his hands on the raw material. Bush gets elected and he's happy, but still mad at the Democrats. Jeffords switches sides, and he fumes that the Republicans won the Congress fair and square. The media is beginning to target Bush, and he fumes at them. The Enquirer starts following the twins, and he gets even angrier. Go to Free Republic, you'll find dozens in that category.

Suddenly, 9-11 happens, and he's furious. His beloved America was attacked, and in his mind the media and the Democrats are against his hero Bush. They hate Bush, thus they hate America, thus, they are the enemy. The Democrats stole the Senate, so he must steal it back for the Republicans, for the sake of America. Someone must do something! Someone must make the media understand the danger. He puts his plan into effect, quickly. His first batch turns out a bit rough, but he's learned to make it stronger. He sends it out to the media, to get their attention. He includes a note implicating Muslims, because he thinks maybe that will make them understand the enemy better.

His second batch turns out better, so he mails it to a few other targets, but he has figured out to make it even better. He mails the third batch to the Senate. Then he is out of spores, or he is worried about getting caught, or he just feels like his message is sent. Maybe he even realizes how many people died, and feels remorse.

Who knows? That's my point. It could be someone like the person above, it could be someone connected to the government. The evidence isn't conclusive.