Anthrax Despite Doc Dump-NO Motive-NO Way To Place Ivins At Scene-No Elimination Of Other Suspects

kpete

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Wed Aug-06-08 09:58 AM
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Anthrax Despite Doc Dump-NO Motive-NO Way To Place Ivins At Scene-No Elimination Of Other Suspects

Edited on Wed Aug-06-08 10:31 AM by kpete

I guess the way we solve crimes in this country is to confront people in shopping malls to see if the person in question commits suicide as a result.

According to the scientist (Andrews), who said he spent about 80 hours with Ivins to help him recover from his addiction, the FBI agents pressured Ivins’s children, and they were pressuring Ivins in public places. One day in March, when Ivins was at a Frederick mall with his wife and son, the agents confronted the researcher and said, “You killed a bunch of people.” Then they turned to his wife and said, “Do you know he killed people?” according to the scientist. The same week, Ivins angrily told a former colleague that he suspected his therapist was cooperating with the FBI. On March 19, police were called to Ivins’s home and found him unconscious.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503747.html?hpid=topnews

Now, NPR says DOJ may do a document dump, as soon as today.
VOILA: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-08-06-anthrax-investigation_N.htm?csp=34

But of course, since they aren't closing the investigation, the documents will be selective, meaning we still don't get to assess the larger case.

No motive, no way to place Ivins at the scene of the crime, and no apparent way to eliminate the other people (Fox cited four suspects in March based on an email the FBI also has) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342852,00.html who could have committed the crime. So, at least from what we've seen, just circumstantial evidence and a breakdown after badgering from the FBI. I guess the way we solve crimes in this country is to confront people in shopping malls to see if the person in question commits suicide as a result.
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/06/doj-wants-to-have-its-culprit-and-withhold-some-materials-too/
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This "solved but not really" status really dubious. Here's the AP on the three gaping holes that at least appear to remain in the government's case.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5icCsDXbi3Yojuvo5W4j01VxWio0wD92CBJ480

The key to the investigation was an advanced DNA analysis that matched the anthrax that killed five people to a specific batch controlled by Ivins. It is unclear, however, how the FBI eliminated as suspects others in the lab who had access to the anthrax.

And then there's the question of motive. Authorities believe the attacks may have been a twisted effort to test a cure for the toxin. Ivins complained of the limitations of animal testing and shared in a patent for an anthrax vaccine. But for now, it's not clear what, if any, evidence bolsters that theory.

Investigators also can't place Ivins in Princeton, N.J., when the letters were mailed from a mailbox there. And the only explanation for why the married father of two might have made the seven-hour round trip is bizarre.

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/06/doj-wants-to-have-its-culprit-and-withhold-some-materials-too/