Another microbiologist dies a strange death

Anthrax Suspect's Death Is Dark End for a Family Man

"He was going to go out in a blaze of glory, that he was going to take everybody out with him," said a social worker in a transcript of a hearing at which she sought a restraining order against Dr. Ivins after his threats. The ranting represented the final stages of psychological decline by Dr. Ivins that ended when he took his life this week, as it became clear that he was a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Sounds like a bad dude. One wonders how he could hold down a job and be so respected for so many years, and then suddenly go off his nut like this. One can't help wondering, also, about the scores of other microbiologists who have died, not from old age but in mysterious and bizarre circumstances. There is a pro and con discussion on this at Above Top Secret  and more background at Wake the Flock Up.

This article in the New York Times comes close to the anthrax mystery without quite fingering it (underlining mine):

With so many people involved, there is insufficient federal oversight of biodefense facilities to make sure the laboratories follow security rules and report accidents that might threaten lab workers or lead to a release that might endanger the public, Mr. Rhodes testified.

In effect, the government may be providing the tools that a would-be terrorist could use, said Richard H. Ebright, a Rutgers University biochemist and vocal critic of the federal increase in biodefense spending.

I wonder if any of the microbiologists know (knew) for a fact that the government was refining a new false flag event - maybe one they could blame on Iran? - and have been driven crazy with that knowledge and the threat of what would happen to them and their families if they dared breathe a word of it.

Interesting that Ivins was being made nervous as far back as 2001, and was fingered by the Army as "lax" when in fact there was no protocol laid down for dealing with spills "outside the secure area", and even though the NYT article states clearly that "he and his colleagues were aiding the federal investigation of the anthrax attacks..."

That paragraph is loaded with unspoken details.  For one thing, how did the sample get taken "outside the secure area" as Ivins was "aiding the federal investigation"? Was he made a fallguy when his obedience to orders from federal investigators resulted in a spill? Was he told to keep his mouth shut and deal with the spilled anthrax himself, and then pointed to when the information was leaked?

 

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