Lone killer or a complex cover-up: the story of the 2001 anthrax mailings
By Sujatha Byravan
Sixteen biodefence experts and scientists published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2002 stating that the anthrax used in the mailings, with its high spore concentration, uniform particle size and electrostatic charge that reduced clumping and made it a ready aerosol, was “weapon’s grade.” Other experiments also confirmed that this anthrax was not easy to produce and required an additive such as silica. It was certainly something that had to come from a very sophisticated weapons lab.
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