Bloomberg is reporting that Office of Management and Budget head Peter Orszag has told the intelligence committees Obama will veto the intelligence authorization because–among other reasons–it calls for re-examining the FBI’s conspiracy theory-as-investigation summary finding that Bruce Ivins acted alone. (h/t fatster) President Barack Obama probably would veto legislation authorizing the next budget for U.S. [...]

I know that Rush Holt has already called for further investigation in the anthrax case, but having a Sub-Committee Chair at HJC make the same call might carry different weight. Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, reiterated his call for an independent investigation [...]

DOJ has posted its Anthrax Report and related documents. The Justice Department, FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service today announced that the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks, which killed five individuals and sickened 17 others, has formally concluded. Earlier today, representatives of the FBI and Justice Department provided a 92-page investigative summary along with [...]

Though DOJ will presumably insist that Ivins did it. The FBI is expected to issue a final report today on its six-year investigation of the 2001 anthrax letter attacks, according to the attorney representing former Frederick resident Bruce Ivins, a Fort Detrick scientist accused of planning and carrying out the attacks that killed five people [...]

Someone launched a Judy Miller-type (that is, fake) anthrax attack on a bunch of Republicans in AL–and two academics in CA. (h/t TPMM) Envelopes containing white powder set off anthrax scares in five Alabama cities, shutting down two federal courthouses Monday and trapping a congressman in his office as authorities tested the substance. No one [...]

Holdovers from the Bush Administration appear to be in control of defining our biodefense strategy.

Glenn Greenwald points to proof that the anthrax attacks contributed to the push for war on Iraq. All the more reason to review the FBI’s investigation of the anthrax attack.

Robert Mueller’s immediate offer to review the FBI’s earlier investigation of Nidal Hasan shows how unjustified is his refusal to review the FBI’s anthrax investigation.

Robert Mueller is still hiding the truth about the anthrax investigation.

Rush Holt has introduced legislation to create an investigative commission into the anthrax attack.