blogs.tnr.com - 8/3/2008
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Concerned citizens: Skip today's news - analytical obits for Dr. Bruce Ivins, the high-level government scientist and accused perpetrator of the fall 2001 anthrax attacks, who reportedly took his own life yesterday. There's some good stuff there, but the must read: Glenn Greenwald's stunning synthesis of the suspect legal, scientific and journalistic scufflings in the aftermath of the ...
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Ivins, anthrax, and the bentonite that wasn’t
Political Animal —
... We now know that McCain’s comments and judgment was horrifically wrong. As Dayo Olopade noted, “[T]aken to its logical conclusion, McCain’s statement should be politically devastating. It ties McCain back to the march for war (even before the bentonite claim began to float), establishes his lack of intellectual rigor in asking the right questions before making the “tough decisions,” and, as would only seem fair these days, confirms his own status as a vain and irresponsible celebrity.” ...
McCain and Anthrax
The Corner on National Review Online —
Monday, August 04, 2008 [image] McCain and Anthrax [Ramesh Ponnuru] McCain, in 2001, said that news reports about an Iraqi connection to the anthrax attacks could be true. His exact words: "[S]ome of this anthrax may and I emphasize may have come from Iraq." Dayo Olopade says that "McCain's statement should be politically devastating." Olopade also writes that "men like McCain . . . based the 'tough decisions' on prejudices that continue to shame and unravel over time ." Neither statement seems remotely supported by the information presented. The post presents zero ...
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