-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 02:03:45 +0000 From: Michael Weitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SNET: I smell a skunk in BioPort.... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A $hot in the Arm for BioPort by William F. Jasper Since its start-up in 1998, BioPort Corp. has been nearly as controversial as the anthrax vaccine it produces. From the get-go there were serious concerns and accusations of underhanded financial dealings and corruption. Because of repeated failure to pass Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections, the Lansing, Michigan company has yet to produce a dose of anthrax vaccine for U.S. troops. Nearly 500,000 members of the armed services have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but those have all come from stockpiles that BioPort had on hand from Michigan Biologic Products Institute, which BioPort bought in 1998. On September 27, 2000, BioPort was handed another major blow: the first death linked to its vaccine. Ionia County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Robert Joyce said an autopsy of BioPort lab worker Richard Dunn showed Dunn had an "inflammatory response" to the vaccine throughout his body. Dunn, who died July 7th, had received 11 doses and had complained of joint pain, fatigue, and swelling before his death. Although the autopsy does not directly claim that the vaccine was the cause of Dunn�s death, it adds to the mounting concerns over the vaccine. At the center of the troubled company is Retired Admiral William J. Crowe Jr., a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who owns a controlling interest in BioPort and sits on the company�s five-member board of directors. Critics have been suspicious of Crowe�s role in promoting the Clinton administration policy to mandate the dubious vaccine, especially since Crowe�s company holds a monopoly on the production of the drug. According to a Pentagon audit completed earlier this year, BioPort forecasted a possible $18 million loss for this year. Its original contract had the company selling the vaccine to the Pentagon for between $2.26 and $4.36 per dose, depending on the year of manufacture. The vaccine regimen calls for six doses and an annual booster. But last year BioPort more than doubled the price to $10.64 a dose as part of a deal that raised the Pentagon contract by $24 million, including an $18 million advance to help keep the company solvent. "I believe we have a skunk, I just can�t find out where the odor is," said Rep. Walter Jones Jr. (R-NC) in a news interview. Jones, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, and a critic of the vaccine program, requested an investigation of the Pentagon�s financial relationship with BioPort by the Defense Department�s inspector general. Other critics point to Admiral Crowe as one of the skunks, if not the skunk, in the BioPort works. "If Crowe is involved in this you know it�s fishy," a former top Pentagon official who requested anonymity told The New American. "It looks like another payoff for his help to Clinton." It was Crowe�s endorsement as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs that came at the critical moment to save Bill Clinton�s first presidential bid. Crowe�s on-camera support did much to offset Clinton�s draft dodging and anti-military record. Crowe was rewarded with appointment as ambassador to England, a highly prized political plum. Was the BioPort anthrax contract another payoff? It sure looks that way. The Voice ------- End of forwarded message ------- Steve Wingate, Webmaster ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
