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Anthrax suspect suicide: Burden on the Feds

August 1, 2008

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The news today that anthrax researcher Bruce E. Ivins had committed suicide gave me a sick feeling, and brought to mind the Tom Wolfe novel Bonfire of the Vanities. For those who haven't read it, in the book a man is accused of running down a fellow New Yorker and has his life turned upside down as a result. The truth is that someone else did it. Reading the comments of Ivins' lawyer brought that back.

Dr. Ivins, who was a biodefense researcher at Fort Detrick, had been told of the investigation into the anthrax incidents, said his lawyer, Paul F. Kemp of Rockville, Md., who issued a statement insisting that his client was innocent.

“For six years, Dr. Ivins fully cooperated with that investigation, assisting the government in every way that was asked of him,” Mr. Kemp said. “The relentless pressure of accusation and innuendo takes its toll in different ways on different people, as has already been seen in this investigation. In Dr. Ivins’ case, it led to his untimely death.”

Without even getting into the Hatfill settlement, suffice to say that the burden is on the feds to prove Ivins' guilt. His suicide does not.

The New York Times story is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/washington/02anthrax.html?hp

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Anthrax Scare Prompts Mail Surveillance

August 2, 2008 by Anonymous, 48 weeks 2 hours ago
Comment id: 31346

The anthrax scare was created as an excuse to install mail surveillance, once they got what they wanted the incidents stopped.

60-70% of the CIA and NSA budgets are paid to private contractors, some of them are corrupt.

When Hatfill wouldn't fall they pinned it on Ivins.

The harassments Ivins endured are classic CIA / NSA tactics to discredit, disgrace and destroy. It reads like a bad remake of Arlington Road.

Anthrax Scare Prompts Mail Surveillance

August 2, 2008 by Anonymous, 48 weeks 2 hours ago
Comment id: 31345

60-70% of the CIA and NSA budgets are paid to private contractors, some of who are corrupt...

“The anthrax scare was created as an excuse to install mail surveillance,” he said. “It’s all in those two 8/2/08 New York Times articles about Hatfill and Ivins.”

“Intelligence insiders recognize what happened immediately.”

“They needed someone to pin it on. When Hatfill wouldn’t fall they drove Ivins to psychological destruction. It reads like a bad remake of Arlington Road.”

“Study the Ivins article carefully,” he continued. “A psychiatrist and social worker claiming Ivins was exhibiting homicidal tendencies and issuing death threats, it’s classic CIA / NSA tactics to discredit, disgrace and destroy.”

“Does anything there remind you of your own experience?” he asked.

“Damn straight,” she spat, “it explains their antics perfectly.”

“I understand why they did what they did,” she continued. “It was a series of unsuccessful setups to stress and smear me so I wouldn’t fight back. It didn’t work. Thanks for your help.”

“You did a lot of it on your own, be proud of yourself,” he said.

“Your envelopes and stationery are smeared with substances that will cause them to be kicked out of the automated mail processing systems, that’s why so many of your letters never arrive.”

“I figured that out a long time ago” she replied.

“Good.” he said.

“Will the truth about 9-11 ever come out?” she asked.

“The truth about 9-11 IS widely known,” he sighed, “it’s just not public, yet.

“Sixty to seventy percent of the CIA’s and NSA’s budgets go to private contractors, that’s what I’m facing,” she quipped. “They have money and a long reach but they’re weak and vulnerable in many areas.”

“You’re right,” he said. “Hug yourself, stay strong and focused, you’re doing well. I’ll be back in touch soon.”

Fact or fiction? YOU Decide!!!

This is the guy

August 2, 2008 by Anonymous, 48 weeks 6 hours ago
Comment id: 31340

http://aztlan.net/zack.htm



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