Barbara Rosenberg and others theorize that one scenario might be the mailings were intended to raise the public awareness of the need for biological and chemical warfare defensive measures and no deaths were expected. That it would also result in a huge increase in the demand for pharmaceuticals would not surprise industry officials involved in discussions of the subject in Washington.
Whether planned or not, the anthrax mailings have resulted in large government orders for pharmaceutical products and the passage of draconian laws by the Congress.
A puzzling Defense Department program in Nevada, whose only logical purpose was to buttress the FBI theory of lone individual "perpetrators" of chemical/biological "events" was disclosed in a New York Times article by Judith Miller just seven days before the 9/11 attacks and two weeks before the anthrax mailing to NBC.
Using the acronym BACHUS (Biotechnology Activity Characterization by Unconventional Signatures) the project had two ostensible purposes. Miller describes it: "CAMP 12, NEVADA TEST SITE, Nevada - In a nondescript mustard-colored building that was once a military recreation hall and barbershop, the Pentagon has built a germ factory that could make enough lethal microbes to wipe out entire cities.
Whether planned or not, the anthrax mailings have resulted in large government orders for pharmaceutical products and the passage of draconian laws by the Congress.
A puzzling Defense Department program in Nevada, whose only logical purpose was to buttress the FBI theory of lone individual "perpetrators" of chemical/biological "events" was disclosed in a New York Times article by Judith Miller just seven days before the 9/11 attacks and two weeks before the anthrax mailing to NBC.
Using the acronym BACHUS (Biotechnology Activity Characterization by Unconventional Signatures) the project had two ostensible purposes. Miller describes it: "CAMP 12, NEVADA TEST SITE, Nevada - In a nondescript mustard-colored building that was once a military recreation hall and barbershop, the Pentagon has built a germ factory that could make enough lethal microbes to wipe out entire cities.