---------- From: mart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: POSSIBLE CIA-CNN SETUP ?? - "Letter scrutinized as possible source of anthrax" Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Disclaimer from mart. WARNING! POSSIBLE CIA - CNN SET-UP!!! Something strikes me as being very odd about this CNN story. In my opinion, it stinks to high heaven. Last week days ago when a Florida tabloid employee died of anthrax, authorities vigorously denied that it could have any possible connections with a terrorist attack. Now they have found a second case of infection, in a co-worker and while still not claiming it to be part of a terrorist attack, authorities, have now upgraded the outbreak to a "cause of concern" and "worrisome" and called in the FBI. The FBI is now investigating and they have announced that they are studying the possibility that the virus came in the mail, via a letter, sent to the newspaper. Attorney General and Reich Propaganda Minister, John Ashcroft is saying that the FBI "investigation that could become a clear criminal investigation," What alarms me is they way the authorities are releasing bits of information and dropping hints and suggestions that this *could be* or that they are *investigating that this could be* part of a terrorist attack. Normally, the FBI will not comment on what ever evidence they are investigating. Why would the Attorney General be announcing publicly that this could become "a clear into a criminal matter"? It all smells of a set up. This gradual dropping of hints, innuendos, suggestions and talk of possibilities are classic CIA Psy-Ops tactics. If there was any possibility that this was a biological attack, the authorities would do everything possible to keep it a secret and keep details of an investigation quiet, to avoid panic. Instead, they are dropping hints and gradually building panic. My suspicions are that anthrax may prove to have been deliberately spread, not by Islamic terrorists but by the CIA to and pin the blame on blame bin Ladin or some other as yet unnamed terrorist group or so called "rogue state". If the government can convince the world and particularly the American people that terrorists have now resorted to biological weapons, this would clear the way to attack any country they choose to blame and justify the use of any type of weapon, including nuclear. Be wary. I don't like the way this story is developing. mart. http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/10/08/florida.anthrax.case/index.html Letter scrutinized as possible source of anthrax October 8, 2001 Posted: 11:16 PM EDT (0316 GMT) BOCA RATON, Florida (CNN) -- Investigators are looking at whether a letter that came into the mailroom of a Florida tabloid publishing company could be the source of anthrax bacteria that killed an employee, a law enforcement source confirmed to CNN. Employees at American Media Inc. are being tested for anthrax and given preventive antibiotics after the one worker died, another was exposed and traces of the deadly bacteria were found in a work station. A worker exposed to the anthrax bacteria, who so far has not contracted the disease caused by it, worked in the mailroom. Anthrax was found in the work space of the employee who died. The law enforcement source could provide no further details about the investigation into the letter. "As a health official, it's clearly worrying -- worrisome, especially when we have more than one individual [exposed]," Florida Health Secretary Dr. John Agwunobi told CNN's "Larry King Live." "However, we have no real answer as to how this has come about." At a news briefing Monday, Agwunobi said "no conclusions" have been reached about the origin of the anthrax found at the AMI building in Delray Beach, which has been sealed. An FBI official told CNN that there no evidence so far that the anthrax exposure is related to a criminal or terrorist act. Anthrax is considered a potential agent in biological warfare. Hijacking connection? Law enforcement sources told CNN that investigators are checking materials left behind by the jet hijackers believed responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks to see if they contain traces of Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that cause anthrax. "We regard this as an investigation that could become a clear criminal investigation," said Attorney General John Ashcroft said, but added that he could not make a "conclusive statement" about the case without additional laboratory and investigative work. The anthrax bacteria exposure may be traced to natural sources, but officials consider the situation "a source of concern," White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said. Robert Stevens, 63, died Friday of inhalation of anthrax. He was a photo editor at The Sun, a supermarket tabloid published by AMI, which employs about 300 people. Traces of anthrax were found in his work station, according to both Agwunobi and AMI's chief executive, David Pecker. Stevens lived about a mile from an air strip where Mohamed Atta, a suspected hijacker in the September 11 terrorist attacks, rented planes. AMI's offices are several miles from the strip. Tests performed on Ernesto Blanco, 73, who worked in the company's mailroom, found that he had been exposed to the bacteria. He was hospitalized last week in Miami with pneumonia, but health officials said his illness is unrelated to the anthrax exposure. As a precautionary measure, people who worked in the AMI building or visited it for extended periods of time are being tested for anthrax at a health center in Delray Beach. They are also being given antibiotics and health counseling. "For obvious public health reasons, we have decided to evaluate, to investigate and to protect those individuals that work in that building [and] those individuals who may have visited that building for significant amounts of time," Agwunobi said. He termed the risk to AMI workers as "low." Authorities are taking nose swabs and blood samples from people who worked in or visited the building. Test results from the nose swabs won't be available for several days; blood test results could take several weeks. However, health officials have not been able to reach a few individuals who worked in the building, Agwunobi said. They are being asked to call (800) 342-3557. FBI interested Blanco was admitted to Cedars Medical Center in Dade County last week after feeling ill and exhibiting flu-like symptoms at work, Blanco's stepson, Raphael Miguel, told CNN . He felt so sick, Miguel said, that co-workers drove him home, two counties away. A man holds antibiotics and an informational leaflet outside the Palm Beach County Health Department. Physicians conducted tests and began treating Blanco for pneumonia, but his case became more complex once the Stevens case came to light, said Miguel. FBI agents came to the hospital and questioned Blanco's wife "for hours," he said. At the same time, the hospital ran tests and conducted a nasal passage swab to test for anthrax exposure, discovering anthrax spores in Blanco's nose. Blanco did not contract respiratory anthrax, hospital officials said, and so far has exhibited no clinical symptoms of the bacterium. Blanco was in stable condition Monday, officials said. Agwunobi urged all employees and those who may have spent more than an hour in the building since August 1 to report for testing. Officials were conducting nasal swabs to determine exposure, and handing out an antibiotic which can decrease the risk of contracting anthrax. People who were briefly in the building -- dropping off or picking up packages, for instance -- need not be tested, Agwunobi said. Employees were also being told to fill out a public health department questionnaire, detailing their visits the mail room, text or photo libraries. Another question: "Since September 11, 2001, have you noticed any unusual occurrences at work?" Stevens fell ill after a recent trip to North Carolina, but a Florida state epidemiologist said he did not believe Stevens contracted the disease during his trip. The incubation period for anthrax is between six and 45 days, a period which would not have included his trip. As photo editor, Stevens worked on a number of stories but did not leave the building, officials said. Anthrax most commonly occurs in cattle, sheep, goats, and other herbivores. Humans can become infected when they are exposed to infected animals or tissue from infected animals. It is not contagious from one person to another. -- CNN Correspondents Kelli Arena and Mark Potter contributed to this report. ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://TOPICA.COM/u/?a84x2u.a9spXC Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
