IVINS

“The Justice Department has not yet decided whether to close the investigation” following the reported suicide of 62 year old Bruce E. Ivins, awarded the 2003 Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, the top Pentagon Army microbiologist developing an anthrax vaccine. Ivins had not even been indicted yet for the 2001 USPS anthrax attacks, though his name had been given to the press as the suspect.

I just don’t like those “suicide conclusions” to government scandals, espeacially NOT before indictment and trial. It’s even worse just prior to Bush’s end of office and a new election. The truth was never established, and is now only hidden via “suicide” of a suspect presumed innocent prior to exposition of material data in a trial. I don’t know Ivins, nor do I know the case other than reading blurps in the MSM. I do know what stinks, however.

Suicide is bad enough when it is strictly a private issue. Once the public welfare is involved, it’s no longer acceptable at face value as any sort of conclusion to an investigation. No telling what when dead men and secrets get buried. The anthrax case gets conveniently swept under the rug before the next POTUS election though Ivins is supposedly presumed innocent until proven guilty. Yet depriving him of the opportunity to defend himself certainly covers whoever else was involved. Whether Ivins is alive or dead, whoever instigated the anthrax attacks gets off free given a “closed case” decision to come on the investigation that proved nothing to date.

Ivins’ death reeks more of conspiracy than personal desparation. A grown man could bear the pressure of a trial unless he was not stable enough to hold the position that gained him the highest recognition for his work. As he did meet that requirement, he could have mentally withstood a trial unless he knew his guilt was exposed; that would have made the news already, so that is not an explanation. That leaves “suicide” as the result of seeing the cards stacked against him by those with the power to prosecute; abusive government prosecutors are too well known today to dismiss out of hand. The final and obvious alternative is that is was not suicide but assassination by the guilty to silence Ivins and protect their anonymity.

The “attacks” occured in 2001. In 2003 he is awarded the highest civilian Pentagon decoration. As no one can figure out the 2001 explanation, he gets fingered being the closest suspect available to the anthrax. Yet NO indictment occurs. Instead, he suffers assassination of character prior to his death. Suicides don’t happen so easily as assassinations do.

just saying

maverick muse on August 1, 2008 at 3:01 PM