Anthrax Bruce Ivins wins highest civilian award from Defense Dept. in March, 2003
By John Amato Wednesday Aug 06, 2008 4:50pm 
I'd love for somebody to explain this one to me. I know he was working on the anthrax vaccine, but who nominated Ivins for this award? This item has not been picked up by the press like it should have. C&L's Mark Groubert tells me via email:
On March 14th, 2003 Bruce Ivins, the alleged anthrax killer and anthrax vaccine inventor, was awarded the highest civilian honor of the Pentagon by Army Secretary Thomas White. Exceptional Civilian Service Award
At a Pentagon ceremony on March 14, 2003, Ivins and two colleagues from USAMRIID were bestowed the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian Service, the highest honor given to nonmilitary employees of the Defense Department. "Awards are nice," Ivins said in accepting the honor. "But the real satisfaction is knowing the vaccine is back on line.
Bruce E. Ivins, the government biodefense scientist linked to the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, stood to gain financially from massive federal spending in the fear-filled aftermath of those killings, the Los Angeles Times has learned.
Ivins is listed as a co-inventor on two patents for a genetically engineered anthrax vaccine, federal records show. Separately, Ivins also is listed as a co-inventor on an application to patent an additive for various biodefense vaccines...read on
On April 26th, 2003, almost a month after White gave Ivins the award, the Army Secretary was fired by Donald Rumsfeld supposedly for this:
Last year, White locked horns with Rumsfeld over the Pentagon's decision to cancel one of the Army's pet projects, the $11 billion Crusader artillery system.
The defense secretary was said to be furious about an Army lobbying campaign that attempted to save the Crusader by circulating a memo of "talking points" on Capitol Hill, arguing that killing the program would "put soldiers at risk." As secretary of the Army, White's job was mainly to make sure the Army is properly equipped and ready to respond during a war. He oversees the Army's chief of staff, Gen. Eric Shinseki.
Obviously this is a weird coincidence to me, but still interesting. I would think that winning this award would help deflect scrutiny away from Ivins.
From my earlier post calling for an investigation of the FBI, the idea that the killer anthrax came out of Fort Detrick was common knowledge and not some "universe" the FBI claimed they had to investigate. The NY Times and Kristof were sued by Hatfill over op-eds like this back in May 24, 2002----Connecting Deadly Dots:
One of the first steps we can take to reduce our vulnerability is to light a fire under the F.B.I. in its investigation of the anthrax case. Experts in the bioterror field are already buzzing about a handful of individuals who had the ability, access and motive to send the anthrax.
These experts point, for example, to one middle-aged American who has worked for the United States military bio-defense program and had access to the labs at Fort Detrick, Md. His anthrax vaccinations are up to date, he unquestionably had the ability to make first-rate anthrax, and he was upset at the United States government in the period preceding the anthrax attack.
I say all this to prod the authorities, for although the F.B.I. has known about this handful of people since October, it has been painstakingly slow in its investigation. Let's hope it will pick up the pace, for solving the case would reduce our vulnerability to another attack.
Bruce Ivins, seen in this photograph taken during an award ceremony at a Pentagon ceremony March 14, 2003 where Ivins was awarded the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, which is equivalent to the Distinguished Service Medal for military service, took an overdose of painkillers and died on July 29, 2008 in an apparent suicide.
I've covered a few aspects only of this insane case. Glenn is also looking at ABC's behavior and examining the evidence as well.
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can you say: "setup?" -- "coverup?" -- "MAJOR FRIGGIN' BULLLLLSHIT!?!?!??!?!?!"
they've got to get the case closed and files sealed in csae they lose power....wouldn't want the cheney war machine's false-flag drive into iraq exposed.
Dead guy, he's guilty.
Just like Lee Harvey Oswald.
Dead. Guilty. No questions. Let's move forward.
Oh Lord, there is just never a shortage of irony. This must have been before the press did there in-depth reporting on him being a drunk, porn addict and obsessed with a sorority. One would think they would have at least checked published articles about the guy, but no.
BFFWAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's rich!!
ashton @ 3:
He was a drunk. A porn addict. Was obsessed with a sorority.
Does this make him a criminal?
Gotta cover the Bush/Cheney tracks before 2009.
Oops, how are they going to explain this?
Poppie Bush, may one be reminded, was former CIA Chief. He STILL has juice there, and lots of it...
The CIA has a black budget: nobody knows its exact size or distribution.
Did the Busheviks, closing in on retirement--or at least an hiatus, til they can rehab Jeb--decide to remove a possible irritant? It's almost like the regime was saying, Okay, we're not gonna give you Bin Laden--he's dead and we still need him. But we CAN give you the anthrax killer. You fucking people have given us no end to the raion of shit about this. Well, here he is, now shut the fuck up and leave us alone. We still gottalotta stuff to steal...
If ever there were an organization capable of this kind of 'real-politik' solution, other than the KGB's poison pellets, wouldn't it be these guys?
VietVet8666 @ 5:
<blockquoteHe was a drunk. A porn addict. Was obsessed with a sorority.
Does this make him a criminal?
Sounds like it makes him a Republican...
I know I sound totally jaded, but I don't know who is more worthless, the FBI or CIA. Just read Legacy of Ashes, The story of the CIA. They are pretty good at throwing money at problems, hiring thugs and such, but when it comes to overall results since post WWII, nothing to write home about. Looks like the FBI wants to close the case, but if Posner is to be believed he talked with six specialists and they all said there is no way this guy could have made the anthrax in the form it was sent from liquid form.
The bush administration wants to tidy the place up before they leave. The got a conviction of Osama's driver and now they can also check off the mystery of the anthrax killer. Not much else to do except get Iraq's oil and they're good to go.
woody, tokin librul @ 8:
We still gotta lotta stuff to steal! Yeah that's "my" government!
Stay with this one John, it is the iceberg that is about to surface.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Are you kidding?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Highest honor today, suicided tomorrow!
The bull shit produced by our government is piled so high there is not enough earth moving equipment in the galaxy to remove it all.
Bismarck @ 10:
Consider what we know about the Department of Justice. You think the FBI and CIA haven't been getting loaded up with rats? You can bet that the qualified, dedicated, self-respecting members of either of these agencies have been exiting in droves for the past 4 to 8 years.
Didn't Rumsfield sit on the board of the pharmaceutical co that supposedly has a cure for anthrax? And wouldn't that co have powered anthrax to use in tests as that is the way it would be distributed in a mass attack? Did the FBI/CIA ever check out that co? Let me guess, no?
Just another fairy tale created by the U.S. government. Dumbass low iq cons love these stories.
John Amato, thanks a million for staying with this story. This is going to be the smoking gun that proves this administration manufactures its own terrorists to stay in power. I'm sure that a memo or something is going to surface that links at least Cheney to all this. Keep looking!
I don't know what to say anymore. If I say what I think I get "edited" so um...wow. It's a good thing the Government is here to protect us huh?
I don't buy the government's story about this one, but then again, I've stopped buying ANY of their stories. Honestly, I wouldn't trust the government for a weather report right now.
Glenn Greenwald has been asking some very good questions about this case for some time, and I don't think it should just go away now that Ivins is dead. I won't presume guilt merely from hearing an accusation.
Why did ABC continue to report the bentonite angle of the anthrax story, which was untrue from the very beginning? And why is ABC continuing to cover up these lying "sources" who gave them the false information?
We need an independent investigation on this, because to anyone with more than one brain cell, it's pretty apparent that this was an inside job...
you have to give the administration and the media propaganda props for using the picture of ivins leaning over, wearing some kind of farmer overalls and looking like a homeless person, rather than the one above, a studio photo, where he's wearing a suit and tie.
frances @ 16:
Yes. He also helped push Aspartame (poison) through the FDA...
frances @ 16:
I believe you're thinking of the avian flu.
Surging Blue Lensman @ 15:
When the dept. changed hands, I remember a lot of news about the experienced agents walking out and many had to be replaced. There was a big shake up at the time because the new director was pissing a lot of the best people off and they were walking.
frances @ 16:
You are obviously not qualified to work as an investigator in a neocon government;]
karen marie @ 20:
In the pic you are talking about, he was volunteering for a Red Cross event. According to what I heard on tv he was active in volunteer organizations. Sounds so like a serial killer doesn't it?
Has Hatfill thrown in his 2 cents or was he paid to keep quiet? Did he know Ivin?
Follow the money, John:
Rumsfeld, Chairman of Board of Directors of Gilead. Stood to make ooodles from vacines like Tamiful (Remeber the Avian Flu "epidemic"?) and Bush-connected Bayer-Cipro (Anthrax).
No surprises here...
My question is, could Ivins have had any evidence that could have tied Gulf War Syndrome to the Anthrax vaccination?
Could be the cover-up we're looking for.
Check this out
Vaccine-A
I call bullshit.
VietVet8666 @ 5:
Nope, it makes him a frat boy, more than likly a young republican, frat boy.
John,
All great points--but one glaring error.
The cancellation of the Crusader had nothing to do with this issue, and is a separate issue of Rumsfeld transforming the military from systems that were next-to-impossible to deploy to the theater and were left over ideas from fighting the large land army of the Soviet bloc.
I'd call it a coincidence and nothing more. It got the Sec of the Army fired, but he wasn't the right guy anyway.
No linkage between the Crusader system and something like the Detrick labs program. None. It was a heavy vs light focus on equipping the Army.
Apologies for the long comment from here. There are a few nuggets of truth in this rant that need some 'splainin...
"You will remember Brown Brothers Harriman from the collaborators with Nazi Germany that are listed above. A Senior Partner in this investment-bank was Prescott Bush, father of George Herbert Walker Bush and grandfather of somebody's President. After World War II Prescott Bush and Banker's Trust helped I. G. Farben executives (see above) and other Nazis retain their assets. Worldwide cartels in aluminum (Alcoa one partner), oil and synthetic rubber (Standard Oil of New Jersey one partner), and pharmaceuticals were thus protected.
Now, October 2001, we learn that Bayer of Germany, an I. G. Farben subsidiary, somehow controls rights to the only vaccine for inhalation of anthrax spores that's approved for sale in the
Bayer's drug, Cipro, costs $690 for two months' supply of it here. Generic equivalents from India would cost us $20 for the same supply.
We also know now that BioPort, a Michigan firm headed by former Admiral William J. Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Ronald Reagan, in 1998 somehow gained control of U.S. rights to the only vaccine against skin-contact with anthrax that's approved for sale in the U.S. till 2003.
(Please also know that many Doctors believe varieties of readily available penicillin to be equally effective, much cheaper antidotes to anthrax.)
George W. Bush has ordered National Guard units to protect BioPort's plant.
A major stockholder in BioPort is the Carlyle Group, a Washington, DC firm that manages more than $12 billion for investors (including $425 million from the California Public Employees' Retirement fund). Former Secretary of State James Baker III is on the Carlyle Group's staff. His former boss, George H.W. Bush, also visits heads of state on behalf of the Group, paid a fee of $80,000 to $100,000 per speech.
Oil is also big with the Carlyle Group. Baker III, the elder George Bush, and the current U.S. VIce-President, Dick Cheney, have all negotiated with Governments that surround the Caspian Sea about how Corporations can profit from oil there. Pipelines are their particular interest. The Group's Chairman, Frank Carlucci, has a resume of multiple, related interests. He was Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan, Deputy Director of the CIA under Jimmy Carter, Undersecretary of HUD under Richard Nixon, and a classmate at Princeton with Donald Rumsfeld, the current Secretary of Defense and chief cheerleader for bombing Afghanistan.
Back to BioPort. Another major stockholder in this sole patent-holder for a vaccine against anthrax in the U.S. is -- brace yourselves -- the bin Laden family of Saudi Arabia.
In other news:
Fool me once! http://kagro-x.dailykos.com/
"Operation Northwoods" was a false flag plan, drafted by the Joint Chiefs Of Staff in the United States government in 1962 for CIA or other operatives to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Castro-led Cuba. Substitute Iraq for Cuba and this idea explains the facts of this case rather well.
Warren Street @ 31:
Am I the only one who finds the hudreds (possibly thousands) of little "coincidiences" rather suspiciouos? But what the hey! I'm just a peasant, what do I know...
Tylanol3... not the easiest thing to OD on...
Warren Street @ 31:
I didn't say it was linked to Ivins, just interesting. it shows a pattern of changing administrations, I have more information coming. There is pretty good evidence to suggest Ivins is the guy, but how could they give him a medal? It reminds me of the Medal of Freedom winners.
Abby Hoffman also died after taking a large amount of pills. ...... after winning a large and embarrassing case against the CIA.
The DC madam's top whore... killed herself. Then, she killed herself. For what, being a hooker....? I think that she may have been already sobered up to the fact that she was a hooker.
Look at the small airplane crashes that killed progressives and democrats. I know C&L does not like talk that is borderline 9/11 truther... but, comon! It's getting a little hard not to believe in this X file Shi.... (aggg! gaggg! huuuuuhhhhhh! Mmmmmmmph!)....
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pissed off patricia @ 25:
Didn't Ted Bundy volunteer on a suicide hotline?
Ivins was the patsy, not the guy.
There is a separate track here--and I agree with what you're saying--but getting rid of the Crusader and the Sec of the Army were probably beneficial in the long run.
The shuffling of the civilians in charge of bio weapons and procurement for the Detrick labs is one thing I was going to look for and see if there were any firings or replacements of people who questioned or thwarted the FBIs long investigation at Detrick. And what was the settlement with Hatfill really all about?
An admission of error or hush money? Has Hatfill actually spoken out or is he under a gag order?
I've posted this on other sites. Please read this article from the New York Times in 2002 about the possibility that the hijackers were involved in the anthrax attacks. How come we don't hear anything more about this?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E2DF173BF930A15750C0A...
John Amato @ 37:
As the L.A. Times article states, Ivins wasn't the lone recipient of the award. Dr. Louise Pitt, Stephen Little and Patricia Fellows also received the award. All were involved in improving the vaccine's efficacy and in meeting the FDA's potency requirements. Not all of them could have been guilty (could they?).
Dead men tell no tales.
Keep up the pressure on this story.
Hmm, I wonder what Rumsfeld is up to these days. Trying to cover up the unknown unknowns, perhaps ?
Well a dead man carries no tales that's for sure. But for some reason this administration has lied about many things therefore, am suspicious.
Who did Ivins vote for in 2000 and 2004?
The bull**** is so blatant on this one. Let's not forget this is a MURDER CASE and A CASE OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM ORIGINATING FROM SOMEONE IN THE GOVERNMENT.
5 PEOPLE DIED. This should not be allowed to be swept under the rug.
The FBI should be investigated on this one.
"real satisfaction is knowing the vaccine is back on line."
If he did it this may have been his motive.
Gimme some truth vacine @ 34:
You make excellent points. I was thinking the other day about the connections between IG Farben and Bayer. Seriously, this stuff all ties together. Bush is the product of a decades-long push towards fascism in this country. I know that's not news for a lot of people but seriously, people should examine how closely involved the Bush family was with Nazis during WWII and the Kennedy assassination. There's a pretty convincing documentary about all this on Youtube not to mention all sorts of results on Google. I know my post seems wildly off topic but trust me, if you look at the big picture, it all ties together.
This whole situation is eerily like one that I saw up close a year or so back. Short version is this: A woman was murdered in her home, police questioned several people as possible suspects, including the brother of a friend of mine, who happened to live next door and had had a brief relationship with the woman in the past. A year goes by, police haven't progressed materially on the case, when my friend's brother dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. His mother calls the police to say, "You'd questioned my son in the past about this murder, he's just died and I thought you should know." Next day in the paper: "POLICE SOLVE MURDER: DEAD GUY DID IT".
Needless to say, his family was not pleased with this development. They have their own feelings on who did it (hint: not him), but their belief is that they just wanted to close the case and blaming a dead guy tangentially connected to the woman bypassed all that icky "trial" and "proof" stuff.
So conspiracies aside, I think they just wanted to pin it on someone so they could stamp "Case Closed" on it, and damn the consequences to his family. And him, for that matter.
Receiving this medal from BushCo is the strongest evidence of criminality I've yet seen against the late scientist.
white was a bush crony and enron thief and nobody is buying the fbi's current story. conspiracy theorists are going to love this one.
There's a story out with a photo of the scientist playing keyboards in a band -- a Celtic band, no less!
His poor family... the government has hounded an innocent man to death.
flavor409 @ 48:
The question is: Who will investigate the people investigating the FBI??
Brilliant and courageous scientist and researcher, Dr. Leonard Horowitz, has been addressing this very issue for years.
The CIA’s Role in the Anthrax Mailings:
Could Our Spies be Agents for Military-Industrial Sabotage, Terrorism, and Even Population Control?
Bravo to C & L for addressing this charged issue … and may God bless and protect Dr. Horowitz and all doctors and scientists and activists and journalists speaking out on such complex and multi-layered controversies.
Is like george "kiss my boots" tenet getting his award...for what?? This whole medal thing is a f*cking farce.
mcAncient downed FIVE our our aircraft...and he gets all sort of medals....???? What??? Give me a break. It degrades the award to meaningless.
John Amato @ 39:
does anyone have a link to where the FBI explains why dr. philip zack is no longer under investigation?
also, the mainstream media writers covering this story report "anonymous sources" claiming ivins was deranged. who are these anonymous sources? if the writers made that up, who would know? and who are the writers? could they be plants?
this is life and death, folks. and it's just going to keep going on until we all collectively say "BULL$#!+".
this stuff doesn't just "fix itself", and silence ain't "golden", amigos. ask any poor denizen of dresden. or any jews who survived the concentration camps.
don't be fooled by these jokers' shell games.
your kids will thank you for it someday.
Gen. Eric Shinseki and the Crusader artillery system program definitly add something to this story. With Rummy's connection to pharmiceutical companies and all.
BennyP @ 52, I agree it's the only solid evidence out yet that makes him look like he might be the guilty party.
to put it another way, didn't some other people win presidential medals of freedoms for their 'actions' ??
Sometimes if you pull one innocuous little stray thread the entire garment unravels to reveal the naked, ugly truth.
These criminals are trying to hide some seriously big stuff here. Don't let them get away with it.
Chip @ 23:
I believe his anthrax wonderdrug was Cipro, though I could be wrong.
VietVet8666@2
You are so right. Bruce Lee Oswald Irvins deserved that medal, in the Bush Crime Family's fucked up world......he helped "catapult the propaganda" in Dumya's "War on Terror".
flavor409 @ 49:
Damn right! And the public should also pressure ABC News to release the names of the "four well-placed and separate sources" cited by Brian Ross as linking the Anthrax to Iraq in the days leading up to the invasion. These four sources used ABC to disseminate false propaganda to millions of viewers. Who are they and do they have deeper connections to this act of domestic terrorism? If you haven't already, check out Greenwald on this:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
One of many profit centers for Rumsfield, indeed a Pharma Exec for decades, was pushing another brand of vaccination industry snake-oil.
This time it was Tamiflu, and the media used every scare tactic and PR trick in their vast quiver to sell as much as possible.
Fortune Magazine tells some of the story here:
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld sees growth in Gilead stake - Oct. 31, 2005
Defense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees portfolio value growing.
October 31, 2005:
Of note:
Tamiflu Vaccine Linked With Convulsions, Delirium and Bizarre Deaths
Different Anonymous @ 9:
So...that's a yes?
connecticut man1 @ 64:
I was wrong. Rumsfeld was getting rich off of Tamiflu. (the bird flu drug that soldiers were refusing to take)
Setup and coverup are the wrong terms to be using. This was an investigation botched by political meddling which sought to link the anthrax attacks to Saddam.
Arlington Road
Rent it, watch it, THINK!
I'm just a patsy
JRC @ 43:
As I said on the other comment section this "investigation" stinks to high heaven.
Asking the obvious questions does not make one a conspiracy nut. Clearly (clearly!) the anthrax scare benefitted the bush / neocon cheerleaders who wanted to go to war and increase funding for the "war on terrorism." Scare the hell out of the public, make them think the "terra-ists" did it.
And the most suspicious thing to me is why did this guy stop the anthrax attacks? If he really was a mentally ill serial killer, why start and then stop at that critical time when bush needed support (fear) for his wars?
Fuck, when you connect the dots, it really starts to piss you off.
the CIA and the FBI are a bunch of pathetic losers who can't do anything right. They bungled 9/11, the bombing of the USS Cole, capturing Bin Laden, Ruby Ridge, Waco, Vietnam, Iran, and now this anthrax case. The only thing they can do is intimidate fellow citizens of this country. I don't fear terrorists, I fear my government.
Mike @ 48:
I think they said he was a democrat. But what has that got to do with anything? If he did it (suspicious) he sent letters to Dem. leaders in the Senate and left leaning newspapers and CBS. Your point is? It is sad that we have idiots in this country no matter who they voted for. I think you would agree.
there's so much there in the past 8 years that has been illegal as well as immoral. virtually, none of it has been picked up by our diligent press. I blame more than any other institution the mess that we are in on the press of this country. the smiling faces who would aspire to a network anchor. they must shoulder the blame if and when this country falls. so this latest scandal is nothing more than a "take a place in line, nothing to see here, just keep the line moving."
A big weak (or missing) link in the FBI findings: If Ivins was the sole perpetrator, then he must have also mailed the letters. But the handwriting on the letters doesn't match his, nor is there any evidence placing him in Princeton at the time of their mailing. The person or persons - possible accomplice(s) - who mailed the letters are just as or perhaps even more culpable, because that's where the distribution of the letters could have been prevented, and this sad tale may have never happened.
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August 5, 2008
AnthraxGate Update
as Anthrax Federal Grand Jury Contemplates Indicting U.S. Attorney General
Michael Mukasey
by Tom Heneghan
It can now be reported that former U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Comey has testified before a Virginia National Security Court that the UN-elected, AWOL, homosexual in-the-closet, war criminal Bushfraud knew that the post 9/11 anthrax was the military grade of anthrax linked directly to the Fort Detrick Army laboratory in Maryland.
FULL STORY
http://blog.myspace.com/tom_heneghan_intel
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August 3, 2008
Emergency AnthraxGate Update
Justice Department Collapses as Government and Mass Media
Lie at the Speed of Light
by Tom Heneghan
THE REAL PERPETRATOR WHO MAILED POST 9/11 ANTHRAX LETTERS
Israeli MOSSAD agent and dual Israeli-U.S. citizen Dr. Philip M. Zackerie aka Dr. Zack
It can now be reported that the late Fort Detrick , Maryland U.S. government laboratory scientist, Dr. Bruce C. Ivins, was an FBI informant and was actually hired by the FBI to examine the strain of anthrax that was sent in the envelopes, i.e. a post 9/11 attack.
The criminally tainted U.S. Justice Department is now so out of control in obstruction of justice and criminal conspiracy that they are leaking bogus story after bogus story to their mass media whores who do the bidding of the Bushfraud occupation government.
FULL STORY
http://blog..myspace.com/tom_heneghan_intel
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August 2, 2008
AnthraxGate Escalates
As Bush-Clinton-Mossad "TRUE COLORS" Assassination Teams
Remain Loose on American Soil
by Tom Heneghan
It can now be reported that the late Fort Detrick , Maryland U.S. military research scientist, Dr. Bruce E. Ivins, who was being treated for depression, was murdered at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland by an Israeli MOSSAD assassination team that smuggled rat poison into the hospital and spiked his cranberry juice.
FULL STORY
http://blog.myspace.com/tom_heneghan_intel
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