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Collateral damage.

“The media has to be responsible.”

“Not a scintilla of evidence.”

Interesting development in a civil suit that should be getting more attention:
Five reporters must reveal their government sources for stories they wrote about Steven J. Hatfill and investigators’ suspicions that the former Army scientist was behind the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The decision from U.S. District Judge Reggie B. [...]

Have you forgotten? Five years ago today, someone–still unknown–sent letters laced with anthrax to the NYPost and NBC News. Two more letters, postmarked October 9, 2001, were sent to Sens. Tom Daschle and Pat Leahy with even more refined (”weaponized”) anthrax:

The CDC mapped the mail flow of anthrax letters, which included several more inferred from [...]

Via Fox News/AP:
A New York City man has been hospitalized after inhaling anthrax, but officials believe it was accidental and not related to terrorism.
The man, a doctor, traveled recently to the west coast of Africa and became ill shortly after his return, said a federal law enforcement official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition [...]

Craig Henry at Lead and Gold has some tough words for the media and its double standards.

You’ve no doubt read about the reported detection of anthrax in two Pentagon mailrooms yesterday.
There’s lots of activity going on in D.C. this morning and conflicting/unconfirmed info:
As testing continued Tuesday, President Bush was being regularly updated on the situation, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
“The initial testing came back positive. There was some additional [...]