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example of press at work

🔗Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@...>

8/3/2008 3:28:23 AM

first look how the press colors data from a letter to the editor quoting the press
http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/01/anthrax/permalink/055f469834749b297fd3bb9a12555e76.html

Another article on the subject opens with the description: "Bruce Ivins was troubled by the dust, dirt and clutter on his officemate's desk, and not just because it looked messy. He suspected the dust was laced with anthrax." This introduction is certainly eye-catching and paints Ivins as having obsessive tendencies directed at clutter or, the media might like you to think, the investigation. While superficially sinister, the media fails to recognise the fact that these could simply be personal eccentricities of an extremely intelligent scientist. He certainly isn't the only creative person to have exhibited quirks. The article later states: "One researcher described a common room in the lab area as a "rats' nest." And experts say the "sloppiness" documented in the report may complicate prosecution if the anthrax killer is ever caught, especially if defense lawyers can cast doubt on USAMRIID'S reliability." In this light, shouldn't Ivins' cleanliness-- even if slightly over the top-- be seen as an asset in a dangerously disorganized office?

now look at this from USA TODAY 2004
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-10-13-anthrax-labs_x.htm
<http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/01/anthrax/permalink/055f469834749b297fd3bb9a12555e76.html> Anthrax slip-ups raise fears about planned biolabs
By Dan Vergano and Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY
Bruce Ivins was troubled by the dust, dirt and clutter on his officemate's desk, and not just because it looked messy. He suspected the dust was laced with anthrax.
In 2001, a scientist opens a letter addressed to Sen. Patrick Leahy that contained anthrax.
AP file photo

And he was in a position to know. Ivins, a biodefense expert, and his officemate were deeply involved in Operation Noble Eagle � the government's response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed almost 3,000 Americans and the anthrax attacks that killed five more less than a month later.

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