Given that the share price of Bayer was in free fall after the failure of their statin drug, which they had to remove from the market because it was lethal, and were facing a large number of lawsuits on account of it, the anthrax scare came just at the right time.

Since they had the antidote, they must have had specimens of anthrax to test. So the suspects in the case ought to include them. They had a motive. Ivens did not.

“Bruce Ivins’s colleagues allege that, armed with this evidence, the FBI began to pressure the people at the laboratory and singled out Ivins because he was most susceptible to being intimidated.”

“Dr. W. Russell Byrne said that FBI harassed Ivins’s daughter repeatedly to acknowledge that her father was involved in the attacks, showing her gruesome photographs of victims of the anthrax letters and telling her that Ivins was responsible. They also tried to “bribe” his adopted son by suggesting that he might be able to collect the $2.5 million reward for solving the case and buy a sports car.”

“Another Ivins colleague, Dr. Kenneth W. Hedlund, backed Byrne’s allegations and said that the FBI scapegoated Ivins because they thought he was the weakest one in the team and they needed to find somebody to blame for the unsolved attacks. Yet another scientist, David R. Franz, said that it is highly unlikely, very improbable, that Bruce Ivins could have manufactured the anthrax powder at the government facility without being noticed.”

“Most of Ivins’ co-workers testified that they did not notice anything amiss in Bruce Ivins’ behavior before his mental health began deteriorating following the recent investigation. He would apparently weep at his desk, and was unable to do his work.”
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news.....21582.html

But there is somebody that had this to say about Irvins…..
“That’s bull—-,” said one former senior USAMRIID official. “If there’s contamination, you always reswab. And you would remember doing it.”

“The former official told The Times that Ivins might have hedged regarding reswabbing out of fear that investigators would find more of the spores inside or near his office.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/na.....4223.story

Notice his name is not mentioned but that he was a “former senior USAMRIID official”.

Remember when Brian Ross senior investigative reporter for ABC News reported that he had several well placed sources that were “in a position to know” that claimed the anthrax was coated with bentonite, which proved that the anthrax was from Iraq? Well, if a reporter wanted to confirm this wouldn’t a person “in a position to know” be a senior USAMRIID official, since that was where the anthrax was being analyzied? Well, this is for sure….a senior official at USAMRIID would know the report was wrong wouldn’t he? Did this official say anything at the time like that? And here we have an official that clearly doesn’t mind talking to reporters as long as his name isn’t mentioned.

Which is why Brian Ross and his reputation should be forever smeared unless and until he names his sources, for lieing to him and the American people.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/vid......raid.wjla

Got police state?

YES! The Labrador Retriever’s were a threat to the police? There’s no such thing as a no knock warrant in Maryland? So just kick in our doors whenever you want, shot our dogs, and threaten to kill us?