Air Force brigadier general dies of gunshot wound
Senator Jim Webb found dead from apparent gunshot wound
US fires captain of Japan-bound nuclear warship
Anthrax scientist awarded highest nonmilitary honor from DoD in 2003 - Mission accomplished!
Anthrax scientist stood to benefit from a panic --The contract was the first awarded under legislation promoted by President [sic] Bush, Project BioShield. 02 Aug 2008 Bruce E. Ivins, the government biodefense scientist linked to the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, stood to gain financially from massive federal spending in the fear-filled aftermath of those killings, the Los Angeles Times has learned. Ivins is listed as a co-inventor on two patents for a genetically engineered anthrax vaccine, federal records show. Separately, Ivins also is listed as a co-inventor on an application to patent an additive for various biodefense vaccines. The product had languished on laboratory shelves until the Sept. 11 attacks and the anthrax mailings, after which federal officials raced to stockpile vaccines and antidotes against potential biological terrorism. He also played a lead role in helping a private company, BioPort, win regulatory approval to continue making the vaccine required for U.S. service personnel deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and other regions. At a Pentagon ceremony on March 14, 2003, Ivins and two colleagues from USAMRIID were bestowed the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian Service, the highest honor given to nonmilitary employees of the Defense Department.
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. See: Killer flu recreated in the lab
07 Oct 2004 UK Scientists have shown that tiny changes to modern flu viruses could render them as deadly as the 1918 strain which killed millions. A US team added two genes from a sample of the 1918 virus to a modern strain known to have no effect on mice. See: Rumsfeld's growing stake in Tamiflu --Defense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees portfolio value growing. 31 Oct 2005 The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza 'remedy.' Rumsfeld served as Gilead (Research)'s chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001, and he still holds a Gilead stake valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to federal financial disclosures filed by Rumsfeld.
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Brad Blog -
The Los Angeles Times' David Willman, who first broke the story on Ivins death today, noted that the anthrax attacks following on the heels of the 9/11 ...
Raw Story, MA -
Former CIA director James Woolsey, described in the Guardian story as trying to "firm up" evidence of Iraqi involvement in 9/11 on behalf of Pentagon hawks, ...
KXMC, ND -
AP Washington (AP) The Justice Department is expected to soon decide whether to close its probe into the post-9/11 anthrax mailings now that its chief ...
Washington Post, United States -
The changes affirmed the DNI's role as head of the 16 US spy agencies and expanded its power to set priorities and coordinate the sharing of intelligence. ...
Lawmakers Say They Were Left Out of Spy Overhaul
Bush Issues Order Seeking to Unite the Efforts of US Spy Agencies
Revamp of US spy agencies shifts power
Wired News -
... down a not dissimiliar request from the ACLU to release its opinions about the legality of the Bush Administration's post-9/11 blanket spying program. ...
One Month After 9/11, McCain Said Anthrax ‘May Have Come From Iraq ...
Think Progress, DC -
As Atrios recalls, shortly after 9/11, conservatives were pinning the blame for the anthrax attacks on Iraq, laying the groundwork for a subsequent invasion ...
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