From: Kari
Date: 11/2/01
Time: 1:42:03 PM
The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/national/02HATE.html November 2, 2001
HATE GROUPS U.S. Groups Have Some Ties to Germ Warfare By JO THOMAS
n the six years since Timothy J. McVeigh used a ruck bomb to destroy the Oklahoma City Federal Building, domestic antigovernment groups have spoken of the inevitability of using biological weapons. "One individual, working alone and in secret, can create a weapon of mass destruction," Martin Lindstedt, editor of The Modern Militiaman's Internet Gazette, wrote in 1998, for example. "The Resistance needs to develop some of this weaponry in order to deal with the current ruling criminal regime." Experts who track such groups say they see nothing in their recent monitoring indicating that the groups were involved in sending anthrax-laced letters, and many experts believe that the timing of the mailings seems to point to foreign terrorists. But they say some domestic groups have demonstrated the ability to use biological weapons, though not anthrax in particular. Shortly before anthrax was discovered in the offices of Senator Tom Daschle, terrorists claiming to be from the home-grown Army of God sent more than 250 anthrax hoax letters to Planned Parenthood offices and abortion providers in 17 states. Most arrived on Oct. 15. Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood, said the organization had received 171 letters from different states. No anthrax was found in the letters that were tested, she said. Civil rights groups, scholars and law enforcement officials say the letters that have contained anthrax could have been sent by a small cell of domestic terrorists or by someone working alone. But they offer several reasons the source could be foreign. that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine >