Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3358-1003902985-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 23 Oct 2001 22:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 21968 invoked by uid 510); 24 Oct 2001 05:55:53 -0000 Received: from n20.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.70) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 24 Oct 2001 05:55:53 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3358-1003902985-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.223] by n20.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Oct 2001 05:56:04 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 24 Oct 2001 05:56:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 84522 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2001 05:56:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.223 with QMQP; 24 Oct 2001 05:56:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 24 Oct 2001 05:56:24 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9O5unR02155 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 22:56:49 -0700 Message-Id: <200110240556.f9O5unR02155@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 22:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:White.House.Sees.Link.Between.Anthrax,.Sept..11.Attacks] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit White House Sees Link Between Anthrax, Sept. 11 Attacks By Randall Mikkelsen Reuters WASHINGTON (Oct. 23) - The Bush administration is working under an ''operating suspicion'' that an outbreak of anthrax contamination is linked to the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, the White House said Tuesday. ''That's been the operating suspicion of the White House for a considerable period of time,'' White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters. His remarks were the strongest yet by a White House official on a possible link between the attacks and the anthrax scare, but they reflected an increasing willingness to voice suspicions as anthrax infections mount and two more people were believed to have died from the disease on Monday. Nevertheless, Fleischer said it has not been conclusively determined whether the anthrax cases were the work of a small operator, or part of a larger, more organized effort. A U.S. official said the suspicions had not yet significantly entered foreign policy considerations. U.S. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge was overseeing a review of anthrax response procedures, Fleischer said. This follows questions over whether the government acted too slowly in testing postal workers at a Washington facility that handled a letter containing anthrax that was received at the U.S. Capitol last week. Two postal workers at the facility have tested positive for anthrax and two died on Monday from what officials believe was the disease. Mass testing of postal workers at the facility did not begin until Sunday, and was expanded Tuesday to all 36 post offices that handle mail sorted at the facility. ''Things are being looked at now, conversations are being held, and (former) Gov. Ridge is leading that collaborative effort,'' Fleischer said. He said although health and law enforcement officials could recommend a faster response in future cases, he defended the decision not to immediately test the postal workers in Washington as based on the best available knowledge. ''They did everything they could based on what they knew,'' he said. ''We are a nation that is mobilizing. We have not had to deal with this they way we have before,'' he said. Earlier on Tuesday, a key congressional leader said after meeting President Bush Tuesday that there was consensus in suspecting a link between the Sept. 11 attacks and anthrax. ''I don't think there's a way to prove that but I think we all suspect that,'' House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt said after a meeting between Bush and House and Senate leaders. Gephardt also described as ''weapons grade'' the anthrax bacteria used in a letter received last week in the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, saying the small size of the particles were evidence it had been ''milled.'' Although other government officials have declined to describe the material as ''weaponized,'' Gephardt said, ''I think we've got to stop parsing words and trying to be anything other than accurate about what this is.'' ''This is weapons grade material ... This is highly sophisticated material. It is small in size and it aerosolizes,'' he said. ''It's small in diameter, which means its been milled.'' Fleischer said whether or not the anthrax used in the Daschle letter was weapons grade was a determination for scientists to make. However, he said of the anthrax, ''it is something that is being used as a weapon to hurt people.'' The outbreak of anthrax infections among postal workers in Washington came as a surprise, Gephardt said. It had not been expected that the pressure of postage handling machines could force the anthrax out of small holes in an envelope, he said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! 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