[lit-ideas] Re: Anthrax
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:27:33 -0400
Bush recently corroborated the al-Qaeda connection.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060906-3.html
http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/4914_0_2_0_C/
In fact, we now know, thanks to what the President himself
revealed on September 6, that al-Qaeda had an active and
extensive anthrax program.
In discussing his proposal for military commissions to try
terrorists, Bush revealed that "KSM [9/11 architect Khalid
Shaikh Mohammed] also provided vital information on al
Qaeda's efforts to obtain biological weapons. During
questioning, KSM admitted that he had met three individuals
involved in al Qaeda's efforts to produce anthrax, a deadly
biological agent-and he identified one of the individuals as
a terrorist named Yazid. KSM apparently believed we already
had this information, because Yazid had been captured and
taken into foreign custody before KSM's arrest. In fact, we
did not know about Yazid's role in al Qaeda's anthrax
program. Information from Yazid then helped lead to the
capture of his two principal assistants in the anthrax
program. Without the information provided by KSM and Yazid,
we might not have uncovered this al-Qaeda biological weapons
program, or stopped this al-Qaeda cell from developing
anthrax for attacks against the United States."
Notice the phrasing about stopping "this" al-Qaeda cell from
"developing anthrax for attacks against the United States."
Was there another al-Qaeda cell that staged the post-9/11
anthrax attacks? That's what the evidence suggests. But
because the FBI went on a media-generated wild goose chase
after Hatfill, the case was never solved. The perpetrators
either fled the country, were deported for immigration law
violations, or are still here. The President may not be able
to talk about it because of the Hatfill litigation and the
reluctance to admit publicly that the FBI completely botched
the case.
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