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Amerithrax — Part 31
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FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)
279A-WEF-222936, 279A-BA-C101392
Continuation of FD-302 of [ , On OL / 19 / 2002 , Page 4
AEROSIL. It has numerous industrial applications where substances
that tend to clump need to flow freely. This material could be
applied in a tumbler to break up clumps. An individual who wanted
to make B. anthracis spores that did not clump could research the
industrial applications of the material. Industrial applications
include explosives and many food products, such as table salt,
powdered eggs, yeast, and spices.
(UL | speculated that whoever sent the letters had
some sort of BW background, possibly from the military or an
institution like Battelle. The sender probably intended the spores
in the letters to reach the addressee and did not account for the
porosity of the paper envelopes. The suspect may have intended to
send more letters, but stopped after the postal facilities became
contaminated and the postal workers were killed.[ __]mentioned that
there are 340 mail sorting facilities in the US, like the Brentwood
facility in Washington, DC. All have similar machines that apply a
great deal of energy to envelopes and create a bellows effect. If
a foreign power or international terrorist group were involved
believed they would put enough anthrax-laden letters into the mal
stream to contaminate all 340 facilities. This type of attack
would cripple the mail system because there would be no backup
facilities to which mail could be diverted.
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