No attacks on U.S. since 9-11????

[bd]

Remember the anthrax letters?

Posted By Carpetbagger On 14th September 2006 @ 11:05

Perhaps the single most common refrain from the White House and the president's allies is that there have been no terrorist attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. That's incorrect — about a month after 9/11, someone sent weaponized anthrax to two Democratic senators and several news outlets. Five Americans were killed and 17 more suffered serious illnesses.

For reasons that I've never been able to explain, the incident — I suppose one should call it an "attack" — is hardly ever mentioned. No one knows where the anthrax came from, who sent it, or why. It was a horrifying incident, immediately on the heels of another horrifying incident, but five years later, it's almost as if the episode never happened.

One woman in Florida who was widowed by the attack is still waiting for some answers, and she's willing to go to court to get them.

Maureen Stevens says the federal government probably knows who killed her husband.

She believes they're not telling because that might reveal things the government doesn't want revealed.

Nearly five years after Bob Stevens' death, the first in the anthrax attacks that terrified a nation, "I want to know what happened," his widow, who's sued the government, said Wednesday from her lawyer's office. "I want to go into court and find out what happened. What information's obviously there. The truth is there."

It's hard for anyone outside the government to know exactly what information is hidden in classified files, but if we could get some hint about whether the investigation has made any progress at all, it might be helpful.

Of course, it's possible officials are tight-lipped for the opposite reason — because five years later, they're no closer to knowing what happened now than they were before.

Stevens' husband was a photo editor for the Florida-based tabloid The Sun, who died in October 2001, after he apparently opened mail laced with the deadly substance. She's been given the run-around ever since.

Officials have acknowledged to Stevens' attorney that they have a "short list" of 18 to 20 people who had the knowledge, equipment, access, and motive to obtain and "weaponize" anthrax, but there has been no indication about any progress in the case. Wouldn't now be a good time for an update?

From a personal perspective, I was in DC for both attacks and I found the anthrax letters nearly as scary as 9/11. It's not that I thought anyone would send me an anthrax-laced letter, but there was a very real threat of cross-contamination — and at the time, my office mail was going through the same DC post office that the anthrax letters to Dem senators had gone through. Indeed, two of the five people killed were postal workers at my post office.

Where did this story go? The administration stopped talking about it, the media stopped reporting on it, and the public stopped asking about it. Why is that?

[NewXD40fun]

Originally Posted by bd

Remember the anthrax letters?

Nice one bd.


How long did it take you to come up with that conspiracy theory?


I guess you would be VERY, VERY happy if there was a successful terrorist attack inside our border and many innocent people were killed. I'm sure this would please you immensely. You could then blame it on the President.



Tom

[Mark S.]

Tom,

You're in serious need of a plexotomy!

[jdavionic]

Wow, you mean someone has proven that Islamic terrorists were responsible for the anthrax attacks???

Of course not. Why do you always search for articles, post them regardless of the source and/or content as long as they can be slanted against Bush, and wait for the shock to generate a response?

Come on man, put some thought into your posts!

Was the Anthrax attack a terrorist act - sure, by definition it caused terror in the sheep. But is it related to 9/11, Islamic terrorists, bin Laden,...? You don't have a clue and neither does anyone else right now. It's an unsolved terror crime.

The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack, abortion clinic bombings, etc. Home grown terrorists exist. No argument. But you are obviously attempting to portray Bush as a liar because of this article. You know that's not correct.

Once again, if you want to attack Bush, pick a valid argument - and preferably your own.

[PackerfanXD]

Originally Posted by jdavionic

Wow, you mean someone has proven that Islamic terrorists were responsible for the anthrax attacks???

An attack doesn't have to be Islamic in nature. Like Mcveigh.

[jdavionic]

Originally Posted by PackerfanXD

An attack doesn't have to be Islamic in nature. Like Mcveigh.

You obviously didn't read the entire response I posted. I said the same thing. That wasn't my point.

[PackerfanXD]

Originally Posted by jdavionic

You obviously didn't read the entire response I posted. I said the same thing. That wasn't my point.

You're right.

My bad.

[jdavionic]

No problem.

[NewXD40fun]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Tom,

You're in serious need of a plexotomy!

Your Ithyphallophobia is affecting your brain.


Tom

[one-eyed-fatman]

Originally Posted by NewXD40fun

Your Ithyphallophobia is affecting your brain.


Tom

Well at least he has a brain.