The Voice of the People
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March 14 , 2004
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Did you know that the Republican party recently got busted for hacking into the Democratic party computers? That's right. The base of operations was right out of Senate Majority Leader Frist's office. And then all of a sudden a mysterious envelope of deadly ricin appears in Frist's office and the feds have to close off the investigation for a couple of days. Awe shucks. Just enough time to get rid of the evidence. Maybe you didn't know this. Perhaps you were too enamored with Janet Jackson's boob, or Gay Marriage, to notice this story come and go. Unlike those 2 other more signifigant stories, this computer-hacking-ricin-envelope story had the life of a fly. Wait a minute. There is another envelope of deadly dust sent to Congress, without killing anyone. I thought that last bout with anthrax was enough. At that time the Patriot Act was up before Congress. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and Democratic Representative Tom Daschle had gathered many papers and research in their respective offices in order to effectively debate against the bill. Suddently two anthrax letters appear in October of 2001, their offices and entire buildings are closed off for 2 weeks, and the Patriot Act gets passed with little debate before being passed on October 26, 2001. Twice in three years. But don't worry because according to a December 18, 2001 CNN News report "A CIA official admitted last weekend the existence of a CIA bio-warfare program that tested anthrax to find ways of defending the United States against bioterror. The official insisted the CIA was not the source for the anthrax contained in the contaminated letters." Yep, so that about clears everything up. The last time, there was enough anthrax dust to trace the strands to 4 potential sources within the United States, and narrowed down to one of 7 possible persons with access. The anthrax did not come from Iraq, and was all but proven to be Steven Hatfield in October of 2002 according to ABC news (http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/anthrax021022.html.) Three blood hounds independently led investigators to Hatfield's Maryland apartment building from a scent each were given from the anthrax envelopes. Hatfield had worked for a defense contractor who worked at one of the known potential sources. Hatfield also has ties to operating as a rogue mercenery in Zimbabwe. From the abc news source:
___ Sources: --- 22 Oct 2002 --- 18 Dec 2001 --- 19 Nov 2001 --- 16 Oct 2001
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