sabra (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-13-08 04:36 PM
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After DOJ briefing Daschle now finds the evidence against Dr. Ivins as "complete and persuasive"
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http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/08/daschle-te...
Former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle says the evidence against the government scientist accused of carrying out the 2001 anthrax attacks was "complete and persuasive."
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Daschle, who spoke during a meeting at the USA TODAY bureau in Washington, says he was "very dubious" about the government's case before the briefing.
Here's what changed his mind:
• the ability to identify the DNA of the anthrax: "It's like a fingerprint," Daschle said.
• the flask used to make the anthrax. "That's as close to a smoking gun as I think you're going to get," Daschle said.
• the limited number of people who were authorized to enter the laboratory. (Here's a chart that shows the spike in Ivins' late-night visits to the laboratory.)
Daschle says investigators came up with three possible reasons that Ivins targeted his office and that of Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who also received one of the anthrax-laden letters.
Those motives include Ivins' concerns about abortion, the USA Patriot Act and waning support for an anthrax vaccine.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3789309#3789413 So, one of the people targeted by Ivins was walked through the evidence, and Daschle, who was ridden hard and put up wet by Bush, is convinced. Good enough for DU? Why, no. If the anthrax didn't get him, getting tossed under the DEU bus will:
asjr (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-13-08 04:49 PM
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3. Some people like to make fools
of themselves.
atreides1 (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-13-08 04:51 PM
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5. Poor Man
I used to think he was intelligent, but I was wrong!
sfexpat2000 (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-13-08 04:52 PM
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6. Maybe he's having flashbacks.
Bob Dobbs (594 posts) Wed Aug-13-08 04:55 PM
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8. DOJ briefed Daschle on what they had on Daschel.
Suddenly, the case against Ivins became convincing.
Lots of jr. chemists and CSI fans over there at DU, que no?
