Documents Link Ivins to Anthrax Attacks
Documents released today by the government offer some strong circumstantial evidence linking Army scientist Bruce Ivins to the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people. Army scientist Bruce Ivins had sole custody of highly purified anthrax spores with "certain genetic mutations identical" to the poison that killed five people and rattled the nation in 2001, according to documents unsealed Wednesday in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 6, 2008 15:37
Anthrax Suspect Commits Suicide
Via the LAT: Apparent suicide in anthrax caseA top government scientist who helped the FBI analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland from an apparent suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him for the attacks, the Los Angeles Times has learned. Bruce E. Ivins, 62, who for the last ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 1, 2008 11:32
FBI Building Not Secure
The FBI headquarters complex has a wee problem: “The Hoover Building does not meet the Interagency Security Committee’s criteria for a secure Federal facility capable of handling intelligence and other sensitive information,” the Senate Appropriations Committee observed in a new report on the 2009 Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations bill. “The Committee finds these conditions unacceptable and directs the Government Accountability Office ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 7, 2008 12:40
I Miss Karl Rove
Remember the good old days when everyday events were coordinated by Karl Rove? Today could have counted as one but, alas, Karl Rove is nowhere to be found. Child rapists can't be executed, Supreme Court rules The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that child rapists cannot be executed, concluding that capital punishment for crimes against individuals can be applied only ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 26, 2008 00:50
Michelle Obama ‘Whitey’ Video Revealed
Larry Johnson's propaganda effort has worked. His promise to produce a "stunning" and "dramatic" video of Michelle Obama ranting about "whitey" has overloaded his servers. The revelatory post is supposedly here; at least that's headlining memeorandum at the moment. I can't get to it at the moment. BooMan claims a transcription will say: Why'd he cut folks ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 2, 2008 09:00
Doing China’s Dirty Work
A new report by the Department of Justice alleges that soldiers at Guantanamo Bay engaged in abuse against Chinese nationals in order to "soften them up" for the arrival of members of Chinese intelligence.According to the report by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, an FBI agent reported a detainee belonging to China's ethnic Uighur minority and a Uighur translator ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 21, 2008 10:34
Being for the Detriment of Mr. Pork
The folks at Red State are urging that people forgo a trip to Starbucks and instead donate the $10 they would have spent on fattening foodstuffs to Sean Parnell, who is attempting to knock of Don Young in the Republican primary for Alaska's lone House seat. Erick Erickson argues, "If can't spare $10.00 to defeat a corrupt, FBI raided, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 19, 2008 14:08
Bomb Scare on Air Jamaica Flight 80
A crazy man was arrested at Orlando's airport yesterday with some interesting things in his bag. A Jamaican man behavior specialists spotted acting suspiciously was detained and arrested after components used to make pipe bombs, unknown liquids and bomb-making literature were found in his luggage at Orlando International Airport. Officials said federal behavior identification agents noticed something about ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 2, 2008 06:37
Jefferson ‘Wins’ Supreme Court Case
Representative William J. Jefferson won his 'Debate Clause' case against the FBI but the incriminating evidence against him is still admissible. The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that the F.B.I. went too far in searching the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat accused of using his position to promote business deals ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 31, 2008 12:47
The Torture of an Innocent Man
For those of you who didn't catch 60 Minutes's heartbreaking story and interview about Murat Kurnaz's, a German national who spent five years detained and tortured by the United States, you can read the print story here. The long and short of it is this:At the age of 19, Murat Kurnaz vanished into America's shadow prison system in the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 31, 2008 11:28
