New Scientist says "Anthrax preparation indicates home-grown origin" by Tim Bousquet 31 October 2001 06:49
"...anthrax produced by the old US biologicalweapons programme that ended in 1969 ..." (((((((( CB: Yea, right, the U.S. ended its biologicalweapons in 1969, yea sure ((((( http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991490 ...but New Scientist can reveal that the spores also seem to have been prepared according to the secret US "weaponisation" recipe. This is troubling, say bioterrorism specialists. While the terrorists behind the anthrax-laced mail US might have got hold of the strain of anthrax in several laboratories around the world, the method the US developed for turning a wet bacterial culture into a dangerous, dry powder is a closely-guarded secret. Its apparent use in the current spate of attacks could mean the secret is out. An alternative is that someone is using anthrax produced by the old US biological weapons programme that ended in 1969 - in which case the scope for further attacks could be limited.
