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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (218)	10/12/2001 11:38:14 PM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 891

as long as the anthrax scares are centered around letters in the mail,there is nothing to be scared about other than not wanting to be a recipient of such a letter. As an actual effective overall terror event it is not even close,but is, instead,at most in the Unabomber category. Once the general public has gotten it memorized that anthrax is not contagious the fear factor should drop strongly. If ever a day arrived when say 10 cases(exhibiting lung involved symptons) turn up in one day ,then it is time to know a real terror event has happened. But the lack of such an event is indicating the terrorist have no such capability. I feel if any terrorist(within the U.S.) had so much as 10lbs of weaponized anthrax spores,we would have heard about it now. These mailroom events are i feel revealing weakness rather than strength regards there being a real anthrax threat in the U.S.Max

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (218)	10/13/2001 2:42:40 PM
From: Susan G	Respond to of 891

One of Two NBC Letters Contains Anthrax -Giuliani October 13, 2001 02:19 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of two suspicious letters sent to NBC News headquarters in New York City and addressed to anchor Tom Brokaw has tested positive for traces of anthrax, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said on Saturday. The letter, which was opened by one of Brokaw's assistants, 38-year-old Erin O'Connor, who tested positive for cutaneous anthrax on Friday, was postmarked Sept. 18 in Trenton, New Jersey, the mayor said. "It turns out that there's another letter, a letter that appears to have been sent earlier -- postmark appears to be the 18th of September -- that was sent to Tom Brokaw. That letter was tested last night and it turns out to be positive to anthrax, or at least traces of anthrax," Giuliani told a news briefing. The news added to fears of germ warfare after three cases of anthrax -- one fatal -- were found in Florida. The FBI warned Americans on Thursday to be on high alert for another attack a month after hijacked airliners struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, killing about 5,400 people. On Friday, the New York Times' newsroom was evacuated after one of its correspondents opened a letter postmarked St. Petersburg, Florida, that contained a white, powdery substance. The newspaper said Saturday that three tests on the substance have concluded that it did not contain the potentially deadly anthrax bacteria. reuters.com