* Ken Dillon was successful in his appeal of denial of his FOIA request relating to documents from Sep and Oct 2001 relating to Bruce Ivins that have not yet been provided

* What is the classified information that AUSA Gordon Kromberg does not want the public to see relating to events during the September 17 and 20, 2001 period?

* USAMRIID can find no record that the large quantity of virulent Ames sent from Dugway to USAMRIID Special Pathogens Branch (to the FBI’s scientist at USAMRIID) in August 2000 and June 2001 was ever irradiated. Was record at least kept where the Ames was sent out?

* Tom Ridge, former Homeland Secretary (from ’03-’05), this week said that “al-Qaida did experiments on anthrax in animals” — did AQ use the “Ames strain” like Dr. Garvey reports the CIA detected at the Afghan lab?

Link to brief quote from Tom Ridge’s interview on FoxNews last week.

http://sendvid.com/zu3aob5h

* Was Redacted Al-Timimi investigation Amerithrax?

* USAMRIID did not produce any irradiation records relating to the August 28, 2000 175 ml Ames shipment and the June 27, 2001 340 ml Ames shipment – and has not produced any records that the Ames was ever shipped back out

* Did USAMRIID’s John Ezzell and Terry Abshire, through no fault of their own, turn out to have a massive conflict of interest?

* ABSHIRE indicated that Ivins’ “Dugway Ames Spores” did not look like the spores from the letters, but that some of her own Bacillus anthracis (Ba) spore preparations did resemble the material contained in the letters.

* USAMRIID’s Special Pathogens Branch would send out more b. anthracis than was requested, and lyophilize the excess amount to avoid temperature requirements in shipping

* Did the Pentagon allow its DARPA-funded Ames research to be infiltrated by a committed Salafist and convicted seditionist Ali Al-Timimi?