Re: Brothers in arms?

2001-11-16 Thread Harmon Seaver
I don't think I heard much of anything that hasn't been already discussed here. They ended it with someone talking about this whole idea (that the anthrax was being spread by domestic groups, not al-quaida) being simply the result of the compartmentalization and bureaucratic nature of the F

Re: Brothers in arms?

2001-11-16 Thread Harmon Seaver
I heard something on NPR awhile back about the ability of BT equipment being capable of being used for anthrax, and the quite distinct possibility that some of it had been diverted for same. I also heard last night on NPR a quite lengthy piece on the whole "rightwing militants/anthr

Re: Brothers in arms? (fwd)

2001-11-16 Thread Ken Brown
Jim Choate forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > -- Forwarded message -- > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CDR: Brothers in arms? > > Anthrax is almost the same organism as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which is >produced commercially as a pesticide. The

Brothers in arms?

2001-11-15 Thread keyser-soze
Anthrax is almost the same organism as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which is produced commercially as a pesticide. The two organisms can be grown and prepared in the same way. Because Bt is generally considered harmless, the facilities producing it probably have not been investigated as possi