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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
it wasn't weapons grade anthrax. that was clarified again and again and again that the initial reports were wrong. anthrax is just another bacteria. i am not sure why you are saying it was "made". labs can order samples of almost any infectious disease.
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sorry was quoting Dr Michael V Callahan (who is presently with DOD's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)) .Dr Callahan stated in 2005 "First, the attack illustrated that advanced expertise had readily been exploited by a bioterrorist; the preparation in the Daschle letter contained extraordinarily high concentrations of purified endospores. Second, the spore preparation was coated with an excipient which helped retard electrostatic attraction, thus increasing aerosolization of the agent."
Im saying it was "made" because it was "made".. pretty good reason dont you think..
*samples" dont kill you you have to MAKE the anthrax , the samples are just spores , you grow them into more to make "weapons grade" anthrax. There is some debate as to whether the anthrax was weapons grade or not , with the latest report from the fbi in sep2006 saying perhaps it wasnt, but many other who actually do research on anthrax say thats simply not true, ( and a few saying the opposite )
One thing we know for sure is your average joe cannot make anthrax capable of killing people so well ..