A forensics researcher at the FBI who helped chase down the Unabomber and revealed the ‘anonymous’ who wrote the Clinton satire Primary Colors told the BBC that the person responsible for mailing anthrax spores throughout the Eastern Seaboard last fall is most likely a well connected individual in the defense and intel communities. Furthermore:
Controversially, Prof Foster says the killer is likely to be highly patriotic individual who wanted to demonstrate that the US was badly prepared for an act of biological terrorism.
Okay kids, how many times do we have to remind you that the ends don’t justify the means?
Followup: Cam points out that 40 years ago, plans were made to ‘create’ acts of terror in the US, and blame those on Cuba, in order to justify an invasion of the island. Woah, sounds too much like an Oliver Stone movie.
