Sarin

First let me say that I am not back from my sudden departure from the blogosphere, and I do not have an ETA for when I plan to be regularly blogging again. However, maybe as something of a tease, I do have a link to pass along to Molecule of the Day’s post on sarin.
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Blogging break

The blog will probably be dormant for a while due to an emergency.

FBI releases documents on Amerithrax investigation

The main site is here. I’m still absorbing it but so far I’ve found this document pretty juicy—read it on your own, I just don’t have the time today to pull out the goodies and post them here.
Based on DNA sequencing it looks as though there’s not really any question as to the source being [...]

Spertzel: wrong on weaponized anthrax

So Richard Spertzel, former U.N. weapons inspector, had this to say in WSJ:

Information released by the FBI over the past seven years indicates a product of exceptional quality. The product contained essentially pure spores. The particle size was 1.5 to 3 microns in diameter. There are several methods used to produce anthrax that small. But [...]

Biological surety—would you pass?

For those few out there seething with conspiracy theories about how the government has framed Bruce Ivins with the Amerithrax murders, I gotta tell ya, it’s not looking good for your side at this point but it’s not entirely in the bag yet.
He’s been under the microscope, so to speak, since 2006.  How they kept [...]

He’s dead, Jim.

A few days ago we were all wondering whether Abu Khabab had been kindly introduced to his maker by a missile attack in Pakistan. It appears to be so this time. Another one bites the dust.

Ivins’ plan to kill coworkers

There’s more today at the NYT on Bruce Ivins, as relayed by Jean Duley, a social worker who counseled him.  Apparently, he was a very sick man.
Bruce E. Ivins arrived last month for a group counseling session at a psychiatric center here in his hometown with a startling announcement: Facing the prospect of murder charges, [...]

So begins the hand-wringing about mad biodefense scientists

As I mentioned in my two previous posts about the Amerithrax suspect, (here and here), the entire country will soon be all tits-a-flutter about the looming threat of mad biodefense scientists.
Science magazine joins in with this article and soundbites from Gerald Epstein and Jonathan Tucker.
Biodefense researchers were pondering today whether there might be a backlash [...]