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To: Carolyn who wrote (8555)11/13/2001 4:58:35 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 23908
 
Re: Israel's anthrax blackmail.

washingtonpost.com

Excerpt:

With no new cases since Oct. 31, the New Jersey outbreak is apparently over, at least for now. But it is not lost on medical detectives that they have accomplished only half a mission.

"What's unusual and very unsettling about this is that ultimately, none of us has control," said the CDC's Bell. "Usually we determine the source of the outbreak and we make recommendations to prevent additional outbreaks. But in this case, whoever this is could just send another letter."
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All of a sudden, POOoofff... No more anthrax letters! And the FBI fancies a lone psychopath --like the Unabomber-- may be the culprit:

chicagotribune.com

Goddammit, why the loony just stopped it?! Is he afraid? According to one of his letters, HE is the one who makes others afraid.... Again, the isolated psychopath theory doesn't fit: if it was the right one, US Postal facilities would be flooded with more anthrax letters, junk mail, parcels, magazines, and whatnot.

Gus