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Suzanimal
12-19-2014, 11:32 AM
The Government Accountability Office says the science the FBI used to investigate the 2001 anthrax attacks was flawed.

The GAO released a report Friday on its findings. The agency didn't take a position on the FBI's conclusion that Army biodefense researcher Bruce Ivins acted alone in making and sending the powdered spores that killed five people and sickened 17 others.

The report adds fuel to the debate among experts, including many of Ivins' co-workers at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, over whether Ivins could have made and mailed the anthrax-filled envelopes.

The GAO said the FBI's research did not provide a full understanding of the methods and conditions that give rise to genetic mutations used to differentiate between samples of anthrax bacteria. The report calls this a "key scientific gap."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-fbis-anthrax-investigation-flawed-27718744

enhanced_deficit
12-19-2014, 11:39 AM
Let's hope Obama has not been using their intel to drone freedom spread on weddings.

jmdrake
12-19-2014, 11:47 AM
You know, I heard an idiot right wing talk show host invoke the anthrax attacks as justification for torture even though the attack was blamed on a U.S. citizen.