Color me shocked, shocked to discover that we weren’t really told the facts at the outset of this case. Five years, and this is the best they can do? My regard for the FBI is just shaken, I tell you:

WaPo - Five years after the anthrax attacks that killed five people, the FBI is now convinced that the lethal powder sent to the Senate was far less sophisticated than originally believed, widening the pool of possible suspects in a frustratingly slow investigation.  Read more 

So the New York Times finally gets around to a story wondering Where’s Our Anthrax Vaccine, Huh? Don’t bother with the story, it’s kinda worthless. But it is accompanied with an interesting graphic which includes a bar chart of how much money has been promised, and paid, to the two companies in this dogfight.

Two companies were promised money, but only one company actually got money so far, and quite a lot of it in fact. And they have so far produced anthrax vaccine in the quantity of zero, zip, nil, nada. No prospect of any anytime soon either.  Read more