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Only a > cynical person like myself, might believe that this whole anthrax deal was > an attempt by the government to build war paranoia and to justify an attack > on civil liberties!>>> Tell me about it. :-) On 21 Dec 01, at 15:40, mart wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Of course the CIA is not involved in the anthrax in the mail. The CIA is > only allowed to murder foreigners! It would be illegal for them to murder > American citizens....particularly, respectable, well off, white ones! Only a > cynical person like myself, might believe that this whole anthrax deal was > an attempt by the government to build war paranoia and to justify an attack > on civil liberties! > mart > ----- Original Message ----- > From: G.R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 2:09 PM > Subject: CIA Admits Using Anthrax But Claim No Link To Letters [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] > > > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > 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 > ewspaper 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 > everal 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 > xpected." > > The FBI is looking for someone or some group who began sending > nthrax-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. > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org 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 ==^================================================================
