Md. Pond Produces No Anthrax Microbes

[paulthompson]

The FBI appears to have run out of leads in their search for the anthrax killer(s):

Md. Pond Produces No Anthrax Microbes

FBI Sought Clues In Deadly Attacks

The Washington Post


Lab tests of soil samples taken from a Frederick pond that the FBI drained in June have shown no traces of anthrax bacteria, law enforcement sources said, a disappointment to authorities who were hoping the high-stakes gamble would pay off.

...

With the latest excursion in the Frederick Municipal Forest leading to a dead end, investigators are continuing to work with scientists to genetically code the anthrax bacteria in hopes of tracing it to a particular lab, law enforcement sources said.

Investigators also are retracing some steps in the probe and re-interviewing people, a common investigative technique used in hard-to-crack cases in need of fresh leads.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10591-2003Jul31.html

[Fovea]

1. It seems to be an altogether

professional job.

[Minstrel Boy]

2. why the hell did the CDC and FBI

order Iowa State to destroy the Ames strain archive?

Never mind - rhetorical question. :tinfoilhat:

[lumpy]

3. A waste of big bucks spent on somebody's theory

that anthrax could be disposed of in a pond. This was not even 'misinformation' of evidence. Just a ferking theory.