FBI Told to Blame Anthrax Scare on Al Qaeda by White House Officials

August 5th, 2008

Via: New York Daily News:

In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by Al Qaeda, but investigators ruled that out, the Daily News has learned.

After the Oct. 5, 2001, death from anthrax exposure of Sun photo editor Robert Stevens, Mueller was “beaten up” during President Bush’s morning intelligence briefings for not producing proof the killer spores were the handiwork of terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, according to a former aide.

“They really wanted to blame somebody in the Middle East,” the retired senior FBI official told The News.

On October 15, 2001, President Bush said, “There may be some possible link” to Bin Laden, adding, “I wouldn’t put it past him.” Vice President Cheney also said Bin Laden’s henchmen were trained “how to deploy and use these kinds of substances, so you start to piece it all together.”

But by then the FBI already knew anthrax spilling out of letters addressed to media outlets and to a U.S. senator was a military strain of the bioweapon. “Very quickly [Fort Detrick, Md., experts] told us this was not something some guy in a cave could come up with,” the ex-FBI official said. “They couldn’t go from box cutters one week to weapons-grade anthrax the next.

More: Salon: Vital Unresolved Anthrax Questions and ABC News

3 Responses to “FBI Told to Blame Anthrax Scare on Al Qaeda by White House Officials”

  1. Eileen says:

    Well folks, I dunno how logical this thought form of mine will come out because I should have been drinking champagne a few days ago (August 2) but am only doing so tonight. In history, on August 2nd the Monk, Dom Perignom opened his first test bottle and told his brother monk “I’ve been drinking stars.”
    I’ve been needing some stars in my system, BIG TIME, so here’s to you all. Nosdrovye.
    Yum. I recommend this toddy whenever affordable.
    Nonetheless (and back on topic, sorry) this anthrax bullshit will be the death of the next crisis about to hit the pike – ya, bird flu.
    I love Wayne Madsen. He is a former intelligence official from somewhere (CIA)and holds many similar beliefs to mine re the douchebags holding the highest offices in the u.s.

    For me, it is very important to read information that confirms my thoughts. Like here on Cryptogon. My mind is a loaded gun, I’m an Aquarian for Christs sake and I am so tired of being out there on my own with my ahead of the pack thinking. TIRED! WORN OUT! WORRIED THAT I”M WRONG, WORRIED IF I”M RIGHT. Shit. Try being me for 5 minutes and I dunno. It’s been rough for me so bad the last year in particular. But now that lots more people are starting to say there is so much bullshit I feel a lot better. So much better. Thank you all for being out there.
    Anyways. Yeah, right, someone commits “suicide” every time they hold an ounce of truth in their experience that might wreck the facade of officialdom.
    I don’t know who these people think they are kidding anymore. The terrorist meim is so flucking WORN OUT already. And the suicide racket is about to take over first base.
    HAH. Maybe well should start a futures market in truth.
    Truth Futures. HAH.
    Wonder how much those TRUTH FUTURES would be worth to the not to mention names so not to attract snoop doggies on the trail of any frickin fluffing phlegm/vomit associated with the douchebags that have been running this nimrod game for the last 20-40 or more years.
    Yeh. I like it. Truth futures. How much would you bet on Cheney singing his truthful song? Eh?

  2. Eileen says:

    Darn, forgot to post the link the link to Wayne Madsen.

  3. Eileen says:

    Parnona me. I’m in another galaxy.

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