Up to this point, who has been under investigation for this crime?

We have the usual suspects. In 2001 when the Bush administration was ratcheting up the call for war with Iraq, it was convenient to have us believe that the anthrax attacks were a product of an Al Qeada cell in America.

We also have a Pakistani scientist named Abdur Rauf, with alleged al-Qaeda sympathies. We like this one, Al Qaeda bad.

Then we have Stephen Hatfill who was recently paid 5.8 million taxpayer dollars for being the FBI’s “person of interest for over five years. The case against Hatfill has never been clearly articulated. What we do know is that he was writing a novel about bio terrorism. He worked for the government (recently a very dangerous job) as a bioweapons scientist.

Oddly one of the reasons that Hatfill was a suspect was that they think he believed the lethal attack would help his career and increase government funding in his area of expertise. The same motive the FBI has put on Ivins.

Well fellow conspiracy nuts that leaves us to us the US government the CIA, FBI, NSC and all those agencies that only have numbers for names. It is completely inconceivable that our government (Gulf of Tonkin) would perpetrate a crime (Valerie Plame Wilson) on its own people (Martin Luther King) in order to push a government policy (false flag).

There is no evidence that our government had anything to do with the death of one of its own scientists Dr. Bruce E. Ivins husband and father of two. There is also apparently no investigation, case closed.

The government’s main evidence is the particular genetic strain of Anthrax that was in a flask in Ivins possession. But kemp says that more than a hundred people had access to that flask and the same genetic strain of anthrax was sent to two other labs and used in dozens of other experiments by other scientists.

Further, throughout the investigation he never tried to hide the fact that it was the same anthrax left for seven years in the same genetic state it had been at the time the letters were sent.

Most troubling to Kemp is that there is no direct evidence that would put him in New Jersey, no to toll road or gas receipts. Seven years ago if he had been under investigation the first thing they would have done is look for evidence that he was at home.

Kemp conceded that his client struggled with mental health but that he never tried to hide it and always sought help.

For the full interview, go to NPR.

I asked him to be specific. What is wrong with the case? Below is my best recollection of our conversation.

Lets look at the basics, means, motive and opportunity.

Did he have the means to commit the crime? Clearly he had access to anthrax in his capacity as a senior scientist at Ft. Detrick. The new evidence supposedly connects through DNA the anthrax used in the attack to a single flask that was under Dr. Ivins control. But there are several problems with that not least among them is that fact that over a hundred other people, who the FBI claim to have eliminated, also had access to that particular strain of anthrax. Additionally the anthrax used in the attack was a highly weaponized powder. They also claim to have connected him with a piece of equipment known as a lyopholizer, that can dry the Anthrax powder, but that is not the same thing as producing a weaponized version of the anthrax. The people I’ve spoken to said that it would be very difficult for one man to have made that very sophisticated weaponized powder.

Opportunity:

They really have to stretch with this one. They have come up with the theory that because he was rebuffed by a woman 30 years ago while attending college in Cincinnati he became obsessed with her sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma, not her by the way just her sorority, and that put him within a hundred yards of where the anthrax had been mailed, in Princeton New jersey. This is really laughable on its face. But lets say he was. They still can’t place him at the scene. He would have had to drive 400 miles there and back after work. There are no witnesses that can place him at the scene and there is no physical evidence that can either. All they have is a theory and a pretty wild one at that.

Motive

We can see the first thing they have done is attack his character. He’s an alcoholic, into pornography, paranoid psychotic. See the scrawled handwritten complaint presented to the court in order to obtain a peace order.

They have come up with this one witness Jean Duley, whom I would love to have on the stand as a defense attorney. She is simply not credible.

Remember this investigation has been going on for the past 7 years his attorney Paul Kemp has said that Ivins had been interview 20 to 25 times and passed two polygraphs.

Then the FBI has said he might have committed the murders because they were about to cancel a vaccine program Ivins worked in.

There’s more but that’s the best of it, don’t worry this isn’t over.

WASHINGTON, Aug 06, 2008 /

PRNewswire-USNewswire

Following are remarks prepared for delivery by U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor at Amerithrax investigation press conference:

Good afternoon. I’m Jeff Taylor, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. I am joined here today by Joseph Persichini, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Chief Postal Inspector Alexander Lazaroff, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Kohl.
As the Department indicated last week and has been widely reported, substantial progress has been made in the Amerithrax investigation in recent years. As you know, this investigation into the worst act of bioterrorism in U.S. history has been one of the largest and most complex ever conducted by the FBI. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has also made an extraordinary contribution to this investigation. Over the past seven years, hundreds of thousands of agent-hours have been dedicated to solving this crime.
Ordinarily, we do not publicly disclose evidence against a suspect who has not been charged, in part because of the presumption of innocence. But because of the extraordinary and justified public interest in this investigation, as well as the significant public attention resulting from the death of Dr. Bruce Edwards Ivins last week, today we are compelled to take the extraordinary step of providing first, the victims and their families, as well as Congress, and the American public with an overview of some recent developments as well as some of our conclusions.
Earlier today, several search warrant affidavits were unsealed in federal court in the District of Columbia. Among other things, these search warrants confirm that the government was investigating Dr. Ivins in connection with the attacks, which killed five individuals and injured 17 others in 2001. Dr. Ivins was a resident of Frederick, Maryland, and a long-time anthrax researcher who worked at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, known as USAMRIID.
Dr. Ivins died of an overdose on July 29, 2008, and, at the time of his death, was the sole suspect in the case. Our investigation had begun to shift to a particular laboratory at USAMRIID in 2005 and began to focus on Dr. Ivins as a suspect in 2007. In the weeks prior to his death, we had been in conversations with his attorneys regarding the direction of the investigation because we believed that based on the evidence we had collected, we could prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Based upon the totality of the evidence we had gathered against him, we are confident that Dr. Ivins was the only person responsible for these attacks.
We are now beginning the process of concluding this investigation. Once this process is complete, we will formally close the case. Had Dr. Ivins been indicted, he would have been presumed innocent until proven guilty as in the case with any other criminal defendant. We regret that we will not have the opportunity to present the evidence to a jury to determine whether the evidence establishes Dr. Ivins’ guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
We have provided you copies of the court documents, which give details about our evidence. I encourage you to read through them carefully.
I will summarize from these documents and then I’ll turn the podium over to the FBI to go into greater detail. I will also note that, for a variety of reasons, there may be some questions and details we may not be able to discuss publicly today. I hope you respect these boundaries, given the extraordinary steps we’re taking with this disclosure today.
Now, turning to the evidence.
First, we were able to identify in early 2005 the genetically-unique parent material of the anthrax spores used in the mailings. As the court documents allege, the parent material of the anthrax spores used in the attacks was a single flask of spores, known as “RMR-1029,” that was created and solely maintained by Dr. Ivins at USAMRIID. This means that the spores used in the attacks were taken from that specific flask, regrown, purified, dried and loaded into the letters. No one received material from that flask without going through Dr. Ivins. We thoroughly investigated every other person who could have had access to the flask and we were able to rule out all but Dr. Ivins.
Second, as a renowned expert in the production and purification of anthrax spores, Dr. Ivins was one of a handful of scientists with the capability to create spores of the concentration and purity used in the attacks. The affidavits allege that, not only did Dr. Ivins create and maintain the spore batch used in the mailings, but he also had access to and experience using a lyophilizer. A lyophilizer is a sophisticated machine that is used to dry pathogens, and can be used to dry anthrax. We know others in Dr. Ivins’ lab consulted him when they needed to use this machine.
Third, in the days leading up to each of the mailings, the documents make clear that Dr. Ivins was working inordinate hours alone at night and on the weekend in the lab where the flask of spores and production equipment were stored. A review of his access records revealed that Dr. Ivins had not spent this many “off hours” in the lab at any time before or after this period. When questioned about why he was in the lab during these off hours prior to each of the mailings, Dr. Ivins was unable to offer any satisfactory explanation.
Fourth, the affidavits indicate Dr. Ivins had engaged in behavior and made a number of statements that suggest consciousness of guilt. For example, one night shortly after a search warrant was executed on his house, Dr. Ivins took highly unusual steps to discard a book and article on DNA coding while under 24/7 surveillance. In addition, he had submitted a questionable sample of anthrax from his flask of parent spores to the FBI, presumably to mislead investigators. He had also made far-reaching efforts to blame others and divert attention away from himself, and had made threatening e-mail statements to a friend regarding the case. Recently, he had detailed threats in his group therapy session to kill people who had wronged him, after learning he might be indicted.
Fifth, as reflected in the court documents, Dr. Ivins had a history of mental health problems and was facing a difficult time professionally in the summer and fall of 2001 because an anthrax vaccine he was working on was failing. The affidavits describe one e-mail to a co-worker in which Dr. Ivins stated that he had “incredible paranoid, delusional thoughts at times,” and feared that he might not be able to control his behavior.
Sixth, throughout his adult life Dr. Ivins had frequently driven to other locations to send packages in the mail under assumed names to disguise his identity as the sender. He had also admitted to using false names and aliases in writings. In addition, he was a prolific writer to Congress and the media, the targeted victims in the anthrax attacks. Law enforcement recovered 68 letters to such entities from his house in a Nov. 1, 2007 search.
I’ll conclude with one more point. The envelopes used in the attacks were all pre-franked envelopes, sold only at U.S. Post Offices during a nine-month window in 2001. An analysis of the envelopes revealed several print defects in the ink on the pre-printed portions of the envelopes. Based on the analysis, we were able to conclude that the envelopes used in the mailings were very likely sold at a post office in the greater Frederick Maryland, area in 2001. Dr. Ivins maintained a post office box at the Post Office in Frederick, from which these pre-franked envelopes with print defects were sold.
During the course of the seven-year investigation, Dr. Ivins was interviewed by federal authorities several times — three times in 2008 alone. His statements were inconsistent over time and failed to explain the evidence against him.
The points I have just gone over are only a summary of the court documents we have provided you. There are additional details in the documents, which again, we encourage you to read thoroughly. All the information contained in this statement is now public information. I am able to give you this information because the United States followed proper procedures and formally requested that a federal court unseal several search warrants in this investigation, and that court approved the request. In addition, I consulted and received express permission of the Justice Department to do so.
I’d now like to introduce Mr. Persichini to provide you with some greater detail on the evidence and how the investigation was conducted. Thank you.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

Planted stories by unnamed US government officials about alcohol abuse, mysterious post office boxes, pornography and an apocryphal story about a supposed obsession/fixation with Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority dreamed up to place him in Princeton where one of the anthrax letters was mailed, along with extremely questionable players like Jean Duley often referred to as a psychoanalyst but is no more then a counselor in a drug facility with no apparent degrees of any kind. Almost none of these stories are backed up by any facts and have been talked about in the established media and on the net as though they are true.

Also, I clearly have doubts about the suicide. A dead suspect can’t defend himself against slander and can have his character destroyed with no consequences.

Last year a friend told me about the death of his sister who died because of a Tylenol overdose. Because she had long-term psychiatric problems her death was ruled a suicide . On closer investigation Tylenol can be a very dangerous drug to certain people, especially to anyone who uses alcohol, that would be more then three drinks a day. In the case of my friends sister her liver had been compromised by years of prescribed psychiatric drugs. The doses of Tylenol would not be abnormal but the effects of Tylenol on the liver can be accumulative.

If he was known to have abused alcohol and was given a prescription for Tylenol with codeine that would make a good malpractice case. But it could also be a convenient way to cover up a murder.

Liver Failure from Acetaminophen Overdose and Toxicity

Some of the nation’s top researchers – including the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) – have concluded that acetaminophen toxicity is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States. In fact, some estimate that up to 40 percent of liver failure cases are directly linked to acetaminophen, a commonly used drug. A popular remedy for aches, pains, fever, swelling, and symptoms of the common cold and influenza, acetaminophen is found in more than 600 over-the-counter brand-name and generic drugs, such as NyQuil, Aspirin-free Excedrin, Bayer Select Maximum-Strength Headache Relief Formula, St. Joseph Aspirin-Free Fever Reducer for Children, and all varieties of Tylenol.

When used appropriately and in small doses, acetaminophen is considered extremely safe. But problems arise when medications containing acetaminophen are taken by moderate to heavy drinkers, consumed in large doses, or used by people who are not eating enough, whether because of illness (such as the stomach flu) or fasting practices. Taking acetaminophen under such conditions can quickly lead to an extremely dangerous condition called acetaminophen toxicity.

Essentially, acetaminophen toxicity is the poisoning of the liver. It occurs when the body cannot process acetaminophen quickly enough, resulting in dangerous depletion of the level of glutathione in the liver. In many cases, this breakdown leads to liver damage, then liver failure or malfunction, and ultimately, death. Acetaminophen toxicity, which kills about 100 people a year and resulted in 56,000 emergency room visits last year alone, need not develop over a long period of time, either. Just taking the drug in high doses during a weekend of binge drinking or while fasting during a weeklong battle with the flu can cause a lethal acetaminophen overdose. In other cases, taking the maximum recommended dose of acetaminophen for an extended period of time can cause acetaminophen toxicity.

Symptoms of acetaminophen overdose and/or toxicity include nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, all of which can easily be mistaken as signs of other illnesses. An exclusive minority may also exhibit signs of chronic liver disease, which include gynecomastia, parathyroid enlargement, testicular atrophy, and spider nevi. If you experience any of these problems and have taken Tylenol or any other drug that contains acetaminophen, it is imperative that you contact a medical professional immediately for an evaluation before permanent liver damage or failure occurs.

If you suspect a loved one has been affected by acetaminophen toxicity or an acetaminophen overdose, contact our firm for legal representation. We can help victims of acetaminophen related liver damage or liver failure receive just compensation for their injuries.

Treating Acetaminophen Toxicity

The drug acetylcysteine is used to treat most cases of acetaminophen overdose that is unrelated to alcohol. Typically, acetylcysteine is administered repeatedly (every four hours) in measured doses (70 mg/kg) through a nasogastric tube for a period of 17 hours, with an initial dose of 140 mg/kg kicking off the cycle. In some cases of acetaminophen toxicity, acetylcysteine is administered intravenously. Many medical professionals are also experimenting with herbal remedies, although the Food and Drug Administration have approved none.

Many people mistakenly believe that the primary cause of liver failure is alcohol abuse. However, experts have concluded that while heavy drinking can cause extensive liver damage and chronic liver failure (liver failure that gradually develops), acetaminophen toxicity (poisoning) is in fact the culprit in an estimated 38 percent of cases of acute liver failure (rapid, unexpected deterioration of the liver). Other sources claim it is responsible in more than 70 percent of cases. However, researchers do agree on one thing: acetaminophen, when not used precisely as directed, is dangerous, and the word needs to get out.

Existing warning labels are not enough. Currently, the FDA requires that every bottle of Tylenol and other drugs that contain acetaminophen wear a label that reads,

“If you consume 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, ask your doctor whether you should take acetaminophen or other pain relievers/fever reducers. Acetaminophen may cause liver damage.”

Clearly, this label is insufficient. It does not inform users of the dangers of using acetaminophen in high doses, for a prolonged period of time, or in dangerous combinations. Although the FDA is making strides in improving these labels – earlier this year, it proposed that the warning be changed to “the risk of liver damage increases if you have three or more alcoholic drinks while using acetaminophen.” However, until people begin to understand the serious risks involved with taking this drug, acetaminophen will remain an inherent danger.

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Tylenol (Acetaminophen) and Alcohol Deadly Mix

Excessive use of the pain reliever acetaminophen may lead to liver failure and death, especially in alcoholics. Rates of coma and death were highest in those admitted to a Dallas emergency room with accidental — rather than suicidal — overdoses of the analgesic. A higher frequency of chronic alcohol abuse among the patients with accidental overdoses may be one explanation.

When acetaminophen is ingested at excessive amounts, toxins form which can lead to life-threatening liver damage. However, the liver normally secretes a toxin fighting compound called glutathione, which counteracts the poison. Chronic alcohol abuse over time causes “depletion of glutathione” — breaking down the body’s defense against even slight overdoses of acetaminophen. The researchers note that other victims of accidental overdose had been fasting while taking the drug. They speculate that starvation may lead to reduced liver glutathione levels, raising toxicity risks.

A spokesperson for McNeil Consumer Products Co., the makers of Tylenol, says Lee’s study “underscores the need for more consumer awareness, which we totally support. You’ve got to read and follow the dosing instructions.” Those label instructions include an “alcohol warning” which reads: “if you generally consume 3 or more alcohol-containing drinks per day, you should consult your physician for advice” on taking the pain reliever.

The New England Journal of Medicine (1997;337(16):1112-1117)

COMMENT: As mentioned in a previous newsletter this toxic liver reaction can be completely avoided if one were to take the supplement N-acetyl Cysteine or L-Glutlamine (usually about 500 mg one to three times per day). These amino acids are two of the rate-limiting components for the formation of glutathione. If one needs to take acetaminophen for any reason on a regular basis it would be wise to take these two supplements to limit liver damage. This study emphasized the importance of this recommendation if one also consumes alcohol on a regular basis. This is not an insignificant observation considering 10% of our popluation are addicted to alcohol.

I find it interesting that it is stated as fact, that Ivins was obsessed with the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority but there is scant evidence that this obsession existed at all. He may or may not have had a girlfriend or been rebuffed by a girl that was in that sorority in college in Cincinnati, he may or may not have been to a college campuses within the last 30 years where there may or may not have been a Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.

Who besides unnamed US officials, perhaps my mailman, Curveball, can definitively state that there is evidence that this obsession exists at all?

If that obsession even did exist what would it prove? The FBI states there is no evidence that he was in Princeton on the day the anthrax-laced letters were sent. What else is there around that mailbox could he or anyone be connected too.

Exactly where was Ivins the day the anthrax was mailed. Are there credit card receipts, did he get a parking ticket was he online that day what about his cell phone calls?

Did he fly to Princeton did he drive and get gas on the way there or back. If it’s a 195 mile trip almost 400 miles round trip he would have had too.

Lets answer these questions first!.

Who besides unnamed US officials even say that that there was a sorority fixation. Is this the Curveball connection? When you don’t have the evidence ruin the dead mans character. This has the stink of a planted story.

From the AP wire

The mailbox just off the campus of Princeton University where the letters were mailed sits about 100 yards away from where the college’s Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter stores its rush materials, initiation robes and other property. Sorority members do not live there, and the Kappa chapter at Princeton does not provide a house for the women.
Multiple U.S. officials told The Associated Press that Ivins was obsessed with Kappa Kappa Gamma, going back as far as his own college days at the University of Cincinnati when he apparently was rebuffed by a woman in the sorority. The officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
There is nothing to indicate Ivins was focused on any one sorority member or other Princeton student, the officials said. Instead, officials said, Ivins’ e-mails and other documents detail his long-standing fixation on the organization.
An adviser to the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter at Princeton, Katherine Breckinridge Graham, said Monday she was interviewed by FBI agents “over the last couple of years” about the case. She said she could not provide any details about the interview because she signed an FBI nondisclosure form.
However, Graham said there was nothing to indicate that any of the sorority members had anything to do with Ivins.
“Nothing odd went on,” said Graham, an attorney and Kappa alumna.
Kappa Kappa Gamma executive director Lauren Paitson, reached at the sorority’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, initially told an AP reporter Monday afternoon she would provide a comment shortly. She did not answer subsequent phone messages or e-mails seeking that response.

Lets start questioning the facts.

A new DNA test suggests that the strain of anthrax came from the warfare defense labs at Fort Detrick, Md., where Ivins worked at for 35 years. But we also know that there could have been dozens of scientists that may have had access to the Anthrax in question.

The FBI has also said there is evidence that there is no evidence that he was in Princeton the day one the anthrax filled envelops where mailed.
Lets take a closer look before we put this one to bed.

Is the case against Ivins more damning then the case was against Steven Jay Hatfill who remained “a person of interest” right up until the time they paid him $5.8 million for ruining his reputation and career? Had he not been so outspoken in declaring his innocence might he have been found dead by an apparent suicide?

According to his therapist Jean Duley we have allowed a homicidal maniac to work with anthrax for at least the past 7 years, as a United States government microbiologist and vaccinologist for 36 years and senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick, Maryland for 18 years. This shows either extraordinary incompetence or very excellent planning.

According to the FBI’s own investigation Ivins the “client” who “has a history dating to his graduate days of homicidal threats, and actions.” Duley added that Ivins’s psychiatrist called him “homicidal, sociopathic with clear intentions,”

Duley added Ivins’ behavior had grown more alarming in recent weeks. On July 9, she said, Ivins showed up for a group session “extremely agitated, out of control,” and said he had bought a bulletproof vest and gun.

“He proceeded to describe to the group a very long and detailed homicidal plan . . . to kill his co-workers because he was about to be indicted on capital murder charges,” she said.

Duley said several psychiatrists who treated Ivins had diagnosed him as a “sociopathic, homicidal killer.” Through her therapy sessions, she added, “I also believe that to be true.”

If you want to commit the perfect crime, first find the perfect patsy. What better candidate could there be then Dr. Bruce Ivins? If you want to rule by fear what better way then an almost invisible poison that could be anywhere. Could this be only a part of a greater conspiracy? I leave it to you to ponder.