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>By David Ensor >CNN Washington Bureau >12-17-1 > >WASHINGTON (CNN) - The CIA uses anthrax in its bio-warfare program >but the bacteria did not make it into tainted letters sent to two >U.S. senators and several news organizations, an agency official >said Sunday. > >The confirmation that the CIA has anthrax comes less than a week >after the U.S. Army admitted it has produced small amounts of the >potentially deadly bacteria for years. > >But, just as Army officials denied any connection to the anthrax >letters, a CIA official said the anthrax detected in letters sent >earlier this fall "absolutely did not" come from CIA labs. > >The Washington Post reported Sunday that the FBI is focusing its >anthrax investigation on a contractor who worked with the CIA. The >newspaper said the contractor may be the source of the "Ames strain" >of anthrax found in letters sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom >Daschle, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, NBC News' anchor Tom Brokaw and >several other news organizations. But the CIA official, while >confirming the agency has small amounts of the Ames strain for >testing purposes, told CNN "we did not grow, create or produce" the >anthrax in the letters, and "we are not the source of this material." > >Meanwhile, experts continued Sunday to fumigate the Hart Senate >Office building, closed since aides in Daschle's office opened a >letter filled with anthrax spores on October 17. > >"This was very serious anthrax, very highly milled and very >dangerous," House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt said Sunday. >"This certainly has been a tougher decontamination job than anybody >expected." > >The FBI is looking for someone or some group who began sending >anthrax-laced letters through the mail in mid-September. Five people >have died in recent months of inhalation anthrax, including three >postal or mail-room employees. > > > > > > >MainPage >http://www.rense.com ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
