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Stardate 20011017.1643 (On Screen): A preliminary test on the anthrax received by NBC in New York and that received by American Media in Florida indicates that they're the same strain. Meanwhile, there's good reason to believe that the letters sent to NBC and to Senator Daschle were addressed by the same person.

I'm no handwriting expert, but if you look at them it seems as if the envelopes were addressed by the same person. The use of two sizes of capital block letters instead of upper and lower case letters is unusual, but not conclusive. However, note the smaller Rs in the words "Brokaw" and "Rockefeller" on one envelope, and "Senator" and "Hart" (and four other places) on the other. They are clearly identical, with the right hand branch at the bottom extending down lower than it should. Which means we can probably forget, for the moment, about the idea of this being two attacks by two unrelated groups of people. It's looking very likely that there's only one source. Which makes the choice of targets extremely confusing: what have Tom Brokaw, Senator Daschle and American Media got in common? Who is it that would put those three on top of their "hate" list? (discuss)

Update: also, the "2"s are distinctive and identical.

Update: Have you wondered why it is that so much biowarfare research concentrated on anthrax? According to Jane's, it's because the disease is non-transmissible. They were looking for a biowarfare weapon which wouldn't set off a world wide plague.