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The insider security threat
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:49:54 -0400
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342852,00.html FBI Focusing on 'About Four' Suspects in 2001 Anthrax Attacks Friday, March 28, 2008 By Catherine Herridge and Ian McCaleb WASHINGTON - The FBI has narrowed its focus to "about four" suspects in the 6 1/2-year investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, and at least three of those suspects are linked to the Army's bioweapons research facility at Fort Detrick in Maryland, FOX News has learned. Among the pool of suspects are three scientists - a former deputy commander, a leading anthrax scientist and a microbiologist - linked to the research facility, known as USAMRIID. ... But in an e-mail obtained by FOX News, scientists at Fort Detrick openly discussed how the anthrax powder they were asked to analyze after the attacks was nearly identical to that made by one of their colleagues. "Then he said he had to look at a lot of samples that the FBI had prepared ... to duplicate the letter material," the e-mail reads. "Then the bombshell. He said that the best duplication of the material was the stuff made by [name redacted]. He said that it was almost exactly the same . his knees got shaky and he sputtered, 'But I told the General we didn't make spore powder!'" _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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