* Dr. Alan Zelicoff, the head of Saint Louis University’s Institute in Biosecurity, has serious doubts about the government’s official explanation of Amerithrax
Posted by Lew Weinstein on November 10, 2011
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Dr. Alan Zelicoff, the head of Saint Louis University's Institute in Biosecurity
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Dr. Alan Zelicoff, the head of Saint Louis University’s Institute for Biosecurity …
- has serious doubts about the government’s official explanation in that famous case.
- “I’m skeptical that he could have pulled this off all by himself,” Zelicoff said.
- Zelicoff says obtaining anthrax is one thing, but weaponizing the material would likely require the help of others.
- “The spores are easy to grow but getting them into a powder that will aerosolize into the air very easily is no mean trick,” he says.”It’s not generally something microbiologists do.”
read the entire article at … http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/285153/3/SLU-terror-readiness-program-is-world-renown
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LMW COMMENT …
As the pathetic FBI case against Dr. Ivins continues to unravel, there can no longer be any doubt that they have no case.
So the real issues are … why the FBI accused Ivins in the first place … why they refuse to admit their mistake … and why they continue frantically to try to keep relevant documents secret.
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Does the FBI not know who committed the anthrax attacks but is just too embarrassed to say so?
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Does the FBI know who the perpetrators were but doesn’t want to tell the American people?
I have been furious about the FBI’s behavior ever since watching the August 2008 press conference where they asserted, with no physical evidence, no witnesses, and (it turns out) no science, that Bruce Ivins was the sole perpetrator of the anthrax attacks.
It was clear to me even then that the FBI had not made the case that Ivins was involved, let alone that he was the sole perpetrator. Now it is clear to almost everyone.
Being a novelist, I wrote a novel, presenting what I (and others, including a respected representative of the U.S. Intelligence Community) thought was a plausible scenario of what might have happened. My novel CASE CLOSED is available in paperback and kindle formats on amazon.
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Here is the first scene from CASE CLOSED (written in 2008),
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begin a re-do of the FBI’s failed investigation
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DXer said
anthrax, ham radio and liquor
http://fieldnotesbrand.com/2009/07/16/anthrax-ham-radio-and-liquor…/
DXer said
Has the government attached GPS to your car?
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/08/8702995-has-the-government-attached-gps-to-your-car
Or maybe a radio transmitter behind your back seat?
http://www.trackersecurity.com/rf-transmitters.html
If so, it’s time to crank up the volume.
DXer said
What frequency does the TTS310 operate to a nearby repeater?
http://www.trackersecurity.com/rf-transmitters.html
When asked yesterday for the specifications for the TTS-310.
http://www.trackersecurity.com/rf-transmitters.html
Janne the salesperson responded:
“Hi,
which country are you looking to use this for (there are some differences on
the device depending on the country and frequencies allowed to be used
there)? If you have some specific use case in mind let me also know that as
we have several small RF transmitters which are not all shown in the
web-site.”
When told that North American compliance standards apply and asked to see other models:
“What is the use case you are looking to use it for?”
—–Original Message—–
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2615204.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2615204.ece
It is seven in the morning, and inside an Indica [the automobile], A.P. Ravishankar and D. Selvaraj are fiddling around with wires. They connect the battery of the car to a device that looks like a World Space radio receiver. “This is a transceiver. It transmits and receives signals,” explains Selvaraj. A magnetic antenna is fixed on the roof of the car, and along with a mike it is connected to the transceiver. The Indica is now a ‘ham shack’. It holds amateur radio equipment that uses certain frequencies for private, wireless communication.
Ravishankar tunes the transceiver and we hear Prakasam from Muthumangalam (Erode) who describes the weather in his town. “Good morning ECY,” he addresses Ravi. “Bright, sunny morning. Comfortable here. Good day.” A few fiddles with the tuner and Krishnakumar from Coimbatore comes on air. He gives a brief about how the hamming community in the city works. “We are communicating via the repeater on the clock tower at President Hall,” he says. A repeater is a device that receives amateur-radio signals and retransmits them at a higher power.
DXer
KC2VDX
DXer said
http://www.freep.com/article/20111111/NEWS07/111110367/Finally-released-Nixon-s-grand-jury-testimony-shows-him-defending-his-legacy
“I want the jury and the special prosecutors to kick the hell out of us for wiretapping and for the plumbers and the rest,” he said, “because obviously, you may have concluded it is wrong.” — Richard M. Nixon (to the grand jury after testifying after being pardoned by Ford)
DXer said
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-j-edgar-hoover/2011/11/07/gIQASLlo5M_story_1.html
“The FBI’s license to intrude into people’s lives gives it a special public trust. If the daily reminder of Hoover’s excesses can help impart that message, it will be the best safeguard for the positive side of his legacy: a modern, professional, science-based and accountable detective force serving the public interest.”
DXer said
The Federal Wiretapping statute does not preempt a constitutional claim.
Section 1983 litigation: claims and defenses, Volume 1 By Martin A. Schwartz
http://books.google.com/books?id=uJRKBv73uAYC&pg=SA3-PA39&lpg=SA3-PA39&dq=%22Section+1983%22++wiretapping&source=bl&ots=AA1itsC_p7&sig=y9YCr_CBPeBpvg8BUl8G2NBqLOI&hl=en&ei=KN-8Ts2lKoTv0gHthMW0BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Section%201983%22%20%20and%20wiretapping&f=false
See generally Wiretapping & Eavesdropping, Vol. 1 and 2
http://books.google.com/books?id=78tPAQAAIAAJ&pg=SA2-PA105&dq=Amati+%22City+of+Woodstock%22&hl=en&ei=0N-8TpP_BYfk0QHSsNjyBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBQ
http://books.google.com/books?id=lsxPAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:STANFORD36105064146736
DXer said
Trackersecurity describes the advantages and disadvantages of using GPS vs. RF in a white paper.
http://www.trackersecurity.com/pdf/RF-GPS-Tracking-Tech.pdf
RF is the best fit when the transmitter needs to be small, covert, with long battery life and require no communication infrastructure.
GPS is the best fit when you need to track great distances, transmitter size is a minimal issue, and there is access to accessory power.
Situations may arise that require some features from both systems. In that situation you can use a hybrid system that uses both RF and GPS technologies.
DXer said