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10/24/2001
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THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING ABOUT THE FULL EXTENT AND SOURCE OF ANTHRAX
ATTACKS
Evidence Mounts That White House and Federal Agencies Are Covering Up
Key Information
Political Elites Are Treated Differently Than Ordinary American
Citizens
(Washington, D.C.) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that
investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, has
concluded, based on the below evidence, that the government is lying
to the American people about the severity of the anthrax crisis.
First, the Associated Press reported yesterday that, “(a)t least some
White House personnel were given Cipro six weeks ago. White House
officials won’t discuss who might be receiving the anthrax-treating
antibiotic now. On the night of the September 11 attacks, the White
House Medical Office dispensed Cipro to staff accompanying Vice
President Dick Cheney as he was secreted off to the safety of Camp
David, and told them it was a ‘precaution,’ according to one person
directly involved.” This shows that The White House knew of the
anthrax attacks much sooner than admitted. See “White House Mail
Machine Has Anthrax,” Associated Press, October 23, 2001.
Second, when asked yesterday if he had been tested for anthrax, President George W.
Bush refused to answer on two occasions. Id. This buttresses the conclusion that The
White House has known of the full extent of the pro
blem for some time, but will not discuss it with the American people. In addition, the
President should be honest and admit that widespread testing for anthrax exposure –
particularly in the D.C. area – is necessary, part
icularly given the deaths of postal workers. Had they been tested, and received Cipro
like the President and members of Congress, perhaps they would now be alive. While
Mr. Bush’s evasiveness may be aimed at avoiding a
“run” on medical clinics, American citizens deserve to know the full truth; that even
the President of the United States has concerns about being infected with the deadly
virus.
Third, today it was reported in The Washington Post that the federal D.C. main post
office at Brentwood has discontinued mail delivery to various residential area codes
in the nation’s capitol. In addition, it was report
ed that 14 of 29 mail sorting areas at Brentwood were “quarantined” for high exposure
to anthrax. See Neely Tucker and Avram Goldstein, “Anthrax Threat Takes A Wider
Scope, New Cases Emerge: Some Mail Halted,” The Washin
gton Post, October 24, 2001. Citizens have asked whether ordinary letters delivered to
their residences could be contaminated, and the government has said no. However, it is
now obvious that the shutdown of mail deliverie
s to various residential area codes was put into effect because the mail sorting
equipment for these area codes is contaminated with anthrax. Yet, the government has
failed again to make full disclosure.
It is also obvious that the federal D.C. main post office at Brentwood must be
“flooded” with anthrax-contaminated mail; otherwise why would over one-half of its
facility be shut down, and how else could one explain the w
idespread contamination that has occurred and the number of buildings and persons who
have tested positive for anthrax.
Fourth, nearly all federal agencies in D.C. have shut down their mail deliveries from
Brentwood and other area post offices. This cements the fact that the mail is
thoroughly contaminated with anthrax, based not on a few
letters from terrorists, but a deluge of them.
Finally, the government has claimed, until today, that the anthrax-laced letters are
not necessarily from foreign Islamic terrorists. However, three letters released
yesterday and published in newspapers today, show that
they all contain references to killing Americans and Jews and end with the salutation
“Allah Is Great.” Why would domestic terrorists write this? Obviously, the
administration is seeking to justify not taking immediate
military action against Iraq, who most suspect has supplied biological weapons to Bin
Laden. (Indeed, the ringleader of the September 11 attacks, Mohamed Atta, also met
with Iraq’s agents at least twice in Prague, Czecho
slovakia. See, Deborah Orin, “U.S. Czechs Out Atta’s Trip,” The New York Post,
nypost.com, October 23, 2001. The Arabic members of the Administration’s coalition –
Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and others – have all made it
clear they will not support military action against Iraq.
“Judicial Watch is filing a host of document requests with the federal government to
pry out the full truth from the administration, before more people die because of
misinformation about the full extent of the anthrax cr
isis. If cooperation is not forthcoming, lawsuits will be filed. It is a scandal in
the making that The White House and Congress, which have full information, have
adequately protected themselves with testing and antibi
otics, while the rest of the populace is kept in the dark and not treated like the
political elite. Unfortunately, even full disclosure is not enough at this point to
bring back the dead postal workers,” stated Judicial W
atch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.
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