Who dunnit?
Pop question … who executed the Anthrax terrorist attack that ignited this funding-feeding-frenzy?
Extra points: What was their reasoning?
I didn't know - Dan @ formosahut put me onto it. The FBI website states:
Justice Department’s Counterterrorism Section, expended - hundreds of thousands of investigator work hours on this case - and conducted more than 10,000 witness interviews on six different continents.
Wow - that’s a lot isn’t it?! A seven year Robert Mueller led junket. Bet that involved shit-loads of the public's spondula - so - Robert - i’m curious - who’s dunnit?
- drumroll …
Yeah i’d never heard of him either.
A US biodefense scientist from Lebanon, Ohio
Working at: Fort Detrick (WIV is the modern day equivalent) - for 30 years. It gets better - Ivins was an expert advisor to the FBI in their investigation. A very good one apparently
LA Times: At a Pentagon ceremony in 2003 (two years in), Ivins and two colleagues from USAMRIID (who i wonder?) were presented with the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian Service.
That’s hilarious. I’m sure they deserved it - the highest honour Defense can give ya. I kid you not. Of all the people bravely defending us in the war on bio-terror you’ve gone the very-one who mailed the letters. Either you're the greatest idiots on earth - or - you're complicit - which is it? I'm at a loss thinking of a third possibility.
Ivins: Awards are nice - but the real satisfaction is knowing the vaccine is back on line.
The real dissatisfaction is knowing it was a known known within weeks it was a lab-leak from Fort Detrick. Each strain of Anthrax has its own unique kinda signature. The spores in the American attack were signed: Fort Detrick bio-weapons lab - Frederick County - Maryland.
Yeah … now might not be the right time to talk about wild conspiracy theories - right when we’re about to wage wars to fight bio-terrorism. How’s it gonna look if we caused it?
Motive: Ivins was a co-inventor on two patents for quote a genetically engineered anthrax vaccine. Two more for additives - which turned out the most lucrative
LA Times: In 2002, the Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency doled out $12 million (to) Coley Pharmaceuticals for developing the additive. The company was acquired last fall by Pfizer Corp.
Bruce’s big picture? Boost funding fa bio-defense research via paradigm disruption - by creating some urgency - a market - a culture - fuck it - create the future.
His rationalization? It’s the only way to divert the planet’s trajectory as it hurtles towards self-destruction. We have the ability to insert ourselves into that equation - to take control - to save the world - as one would - for the common good - it’s our solemn duty as scientific experts.
Apart from the planet bit - which - as luck would have it - got more fucked-up and perverted - the rest actually worked out perfectly. Bio-science funded through the roof - aloof scientists acting as total-authorities - on everything - pumping global security. To keep us safe. Meanwhile vilifying those who don't understand that the price of Freedom as a responsible citizen - is Freedom