Panel faults Army for anthrax attacks

[kpete]

Source: Politico

The U.S. Army could have “anticipated” and “prevented” the string of anthrax attacks in late 2001 that killed five and injured dozens of others, a panel of behavioral analysts has found.

Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist believed by the FBI to have conducted the mail attacks, exhibited unusual behavior that should have prompted the military to perform mental health examinations to determine his fitness for doing a job that required a high-level security clearance, the Expert Behavioral Analysis Panel said in a 285-page report obtained by former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter David Willman, who is writing a book about the attacks. Ivins committed suicide in 2008.

Ivins, the panel found, “was psychologically disposed to undertake the mailings; his behavioral history demonstrated his potential for carrying them out; and he had the motivation and means.” He was a civilian microbiologist who worked in the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Ft. Detrick, Md.

The panel was formed in late 2009 under a court order and charged with reviewing “the mental health issues of Dr. Bruce Ivins and what lessons can be learned … that may be useful in preventing future bioterrorism attacks.”



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[Ganja Ninja]

1. Hmmmm?

"psychologically disposed to undertake the mailings; his behavioral history demonstrated his potential for carrying them out; and he had the motivation and means."

That describes Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld too.:think:

[groundloop]

2. Well OF COURSE they can see he was a danger - AFTER THE FACT

Hell, I know a few genius types and they all act kind of strange from time to time. Does that mean they're predisposed to carry out terror attacks?

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I would want to know more about the red flags that led them to their conclusion.

I'm guess, if we see the man's profile, we would find similarities with other right-wingers.

And, of course, this is another example where a white guy isn't a terrorist. Instead, he's identified as an independent nutcase.

The double standards can only hurt us all in the long run.

[RC]

3. The first guy they tried to hang this on inconveniently proved he didn't do it.

Their next guy then conveniently suicided before he could prove he didn't have anything to do with it.

[westerebus]

4. FBI disinformation campaign continues.

Your tax dollars hard at work to assure the money will keep flowing into the MIC.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Well, it's a start. They couldn't frog walk "the guy," so I guess collective blame

is the next best thing.

[RedCloud]

7. I remember some guy on Gerardo always alluding to Anthrax way b4 it happened.

Seemed more like a signal he was giving, a how to. I should have kept better notes back then.

[devils chaplain]

8. Those in the know...

Believe the case against Ivins to be very dubious.