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Homegrown bio-terrorism

The Atlantic, June, 2002:  In November (2001), the FBI issued a suspect profile identifying the likely anthrax attacker as a single adult male, probably an American with a scientific background, lab experience, poor social skills, and a grudge. *

Some people—I (Rauch journalist) was one of them - viewed this interpretation with skepticism.  What would be the motive?  Why the timing so close to September 11?  A number of analysts, including David Tell in a useful article in The Weekly Standard on April 29, have subsequently cast doubt on the disgruntled-scientist hypothesis,

 

 

* Therefore: the FBI (Mueller) knew it was a homegrown scientist  two months after the event.