Want to find out if Ivins is our guy? Ask ABC!

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Why isn't the government 'leaking' whether Ivins was behind the "Anthrax was from Iraq" lie or not, huh?

Anthrax 'reveals trademark Iraq chemical

Initial tests on anthrax sent to US Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle found a chemical additive that keeps the spores airborne and is a trademark of Iraq's biological weapons program, ABC News reported Friday.

Three well-placed but separate sources told ABC News World News Tonight that the chemical agent, called bentonite, was discovered during a series of tests on the Daschle letter performed at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and at other sites.

The substance helps keep the tiny anthrax particles in mid-air by preventing them from sticking together.

Bentonite is a trademark of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's biological weapons programme, the report said, although ABC noted that it could be used by other countries.

http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/October/world/01212A8D5C.html

Was Ivins the leaker? If yes, then maybe he was indeed behind it. If not, then he may not have been behind it.

But if we're going to find out, we MUST demand that ABC tell us who was behind this lie!

[KharmaTrain]

1. Ross Is Hedging...

Supposedly he responded to an email over the weekend saying that his "sources" were "top scientists"...and alluded to it being at Ft. Detrick...but it wasn't certain either if it was truly his response or what scientists he was refering to.

Seems like Mr. Ross has been at the center of a bunch of controversies these days...he was the same one who had all of Debra Palfry's numbers and somehow missed David Vitter's in there...and now this story is coming back to bite him. He's got a lot of 'splaining to do...and my bets are he just hopes we'll all go away.

Go get 'em Glenn Greenwald!!!!

[LiberalEsto]

2. Bentonite is used as cat litter

Most of the clumping cat litter available in stores is made of bentonite. It's not exactly an exotic substance limited to places like Iraq.

[Prefer]

3. Why all the hoo hah over Dan Rather

but over this - nothing?