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To: long-gone who wrote (85276)	5/9/2002 5:03:22 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116834

They don't stock Anthrax at the Federal Reserve. They have that in some kind of chemical biological weapons depot somewhere. Must be some kind of mistake. EC<:-}

To: long-gone who wrote (85276)	5/9/2002 9:22:12 PM
From: marek_wojna	Respond to of 116834

Found it, it was no mistake but for sure kept quiet. Anthrax found in mail at U.S. Federal Reserve CTVNEWS.com Staff Thu. May. 9 2002 12:24 PM Traces of anthrax have been found in mail at a facility of the U.S. Federal Reserve. "Routine preliminary tests, administered late Tuesday and Wednesday by board and contract employees wearing protective environmental suits, detected anthrax spores in small batches of mail totaling about 20 pieces," the Fed said in a statement. "The affected mail was routine commercial and business mail and did not have any of the characteristics identified by the FBI as suspicious." The contaminated mail was found in a processing facility outside the Federal Reserve Board buildings, and marks the second time the U.S. central bank has been exposed to the deadly bacteria. The source of the anthrax remains unknown, the statement said. Tests of surfaces and distribution points within the mailroom have all been negative. But a U.S. official says the latest results could be innaccurate. "(There is) is a very good likelihood this is a false positive ... (or) cross-contamination," a U.S. official told Reuters on condition that he not be identified. Last year, five people died and 13 were infected after anthrax-laced letter first began popping up in Florida, New York and Washington, D.C.