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(LA Times) Spiffy Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-ecursion) calls for investigation of investigation of anthrax   (latimes.com) divider line 78
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ThatGuyGreg [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 08:51:04 AM  
FBI official response:

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Skleenar 2008-08-08 08:53:12 AM  
But who will investigate the investigators of the investigators?

 
burndtdan 2008-08-08 09:08:13 AM  
Skleenar: But who will investigate the investigators of the investigators?

that's when they call in the a-team.

 
Code_Archeologist [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 09:08:25 AM  
Skleenar: But who will investigate the investigators of the investigators?

And who will investigate the people who called for the investigation of the investigation into the investigation?

 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 09:12:57 AM  
Skleenar: But who will investigate the investigators of the investigators?

Rorschach

 
burndtdan 2008-08-08 10:11:33 AM  
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Skleenar: But who will investigate the investigators of the investigators?

Rorschach


but who will watch the watchmen?

 
Canadian Canuck [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 10:32:58 AM  
burndtdan:
but who will watch the watchmen?


A bunch of fat comic book nerds?

 
Ed Finnerty 2008-08-08 10:40:25 AM  
Let me guess: His "investigation" will prove that Iran was behind it and therefore we should invade.

(And drill for more oil)

 
burndtdan 2008-08-08 10:50:53 AM  
Canadian Canuck: burndtdan:
but who will watch the watchmen?

A bunch of fat comic book nerds?


i89.photobucket.com

/actually, i don't read comic books, the watchmen is the only graphic novel i've ever read, it was really good

 
Tabatha Static 2008-08-08 11:10:03 AM  
I heard some spokesman for the FBI say the other day: "The FBI always gets their man. It may take years and he may be dead when they get him, but they always get their man."

I suspect that he didn't really think through what he was actually implying by what he was saying...

i27.photobucket.com

"The dead can be very useful sometimes. They've helped me outta tough spots more than once. First, they don't talk. Second, they can be made to look alive if I manage it right. And third,
if you shoot 'em, there's no worry cuz they're dead already. Understand?"

 
sky cat 2008-08-08 11:17:47 AM  
Grassley isn't completely terrible. Just 80% terrible.

 
fark_your_mudder 2008-08-08 11:17:50 AM  
Canadian Canuck: burndtdan:
but who will watch the watchmen?

A bunch of fat comic book nerds?


But who will watch the fat comic book nerds?

Oh yeah, the Fark mods.

 
Lt. Cheese Weasel 2008-08-08 11:18:01 AM  
This should lead to some sacking. And sacking of those responsible for the sacking. And a llama....

 
sky cat 2008-08-08 11:18:22 AM  
fark_your_mudder: Oh yeah, the Fark mods.

WHO WILL WATCH THE FARK MODS?!?!?!!

 
Hobodeluxe [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 11:20:24 AM  
needs a hero tag.

 
tuna fingers 2008-08-08 11:20:29 AM  
sky cat: fark_your_mudder: Oh yeah, the Fark mods.

WHO WILL WATCH THE FARK MODS?!?!?!!


Ceiling Cat.

 
lrf2005 2008-08-08 11:20:46 AM  
Won't somebody please think of the children?!?

 
ShadowkahnCRX 2008-08-08 11:21:04 AM  
I don't personally agree with Grassley's politics, but having talked with him a number of times, I will say that he genuinely believes that what he proposes will be good for the people that he serves. I find that much more palatable than the jackholes who know what they're pushing through will make life worse for most people while a minority group of rich-guys will profit.

 
ScottMpls 2008-08-08 11:21:39 AM  
I'd rather he investigate Metallica ...

/nothin'

 
DarnoKonrad 2008-08-08 11:21:59 AM  
"Hi. I'm batshiat crazy, hear voices, threaten people, and occasionally have dissociative episodes. I'd like to work with weaponized anthrax."


"Hired."

Does any of this make sense?

 
Yakk 2008-08-08 11:22:25 AM  
What did strike me about this whole thing was the fact that the specimens that they were matched to were liquid and it takes sophisticated machines to turn it into dried weaponized powder like was was mailed.

/Someone call Oliver Stone

 
fireclown 2008-08-08 11:22:58 AM  
I would like something better than "he was a kook".

 
dc-kid 2008-08-08 11:23:54 AM  
penis

 
Sapper_Topo 2008-08-08 11:24:02 AM  
tuna fingers: sky cat: fark_your_mudder: Oh yeah, the Fark mods.

WHO WILL WATCH THE FARK MODS?!?!?!!

Ceiling Cat.


Ceiling Cat trumps all?

 
Hobodeluxe [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 11:24:08 AM  
thank goodness for people like Glen Greenwald who've been all over this story.
I swear we need a special investigative and prosecuting unit on this and the Habbush forgery. The house of cards is ready to fall if we just rock the table a little more.

Accountability Now! (^)

 
obzerver 2008-08-08 11:25:16 AM  
FTA
"We don't want this to be another Lee Harvey Oswald case where the public says it is never solved to their satisfaction,"

Maybe the should do this with 9/11 then

 
Fook 2008-08-08 11:27:02 AM  
tuna fingers: sky cat: fark_your_mudder: Oh yeah, the Fark mods.

WHO WILL WATCH THE FARK MODS?!?!?!!

Ceiling Cat.


Im a little spooked, 'cause 'Ceiling cat' is what popped into my mind there unbidden as well.

 
Englebert Slaptyback 2008-08-08 11:28:04 AM  

Skleenar


But who will investigate the investigators of the investigators?


I dunno. Coast Guard?

 
Mugato [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 11:28:19 AM  
"The Anthrax is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."

www.news.harvard.edu

 
tillerman35 2008-08-08 11:28:19 AM  
Fun Fact: The word "Anthrax" and "Anthracite" are both derived from the same Greek word for coal.

 
vudukungfu 2008-08-08 11:28:33 AM  
Watchin' the detectives.........

 
vudukungfu 2008-08-08 11:29:10 AM  
tillerman35: Fun Fact: The word "Anthrax" and "Anthracite" are both derived from the same Greek word for coal.

How Bituminious of you to notice.

 
Hobodeluxe [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 11:33:55 AM  
Wonder how Ivins after he supposedly killed those people and all his "crazy" antics that he not only held his job but 2 years after the attacks he received the highest citizen's medal from the Dept of Defense?

Heckuva Job Brucey!! (^)

At a Pentagon ceremony on March 14, 2003, Ivins and two colleagues from USAMRIID were bestowed the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian Service, the highest honor given to nonmilitary employees of the Defense Department

 
Skleenar 2008-08-08 11:35:51 AM  
img352.imageshack.us

/obligatory

 
ieldanth 2008-08-08 11:36:59 AM  
Code_Archeologist: Skleenar: But who will investigate the investigators of the investigators?

And who will investigate the people who called for the investigation of the investigation into the investigation?


We'll have to investigate that one.

//oh great, that means it's our turn next.

 
Jackpot777 [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-08-08 11:37:31 AM  
tillerman35: Fun Fact: The word "Anthrax" and "Anthracite" are both derived from the same Greek word for coal.

Next step: invade Scranton!

upload.wikimedia.org

Damned Lackawanna Railroad terrorists!

 
shadax 2008-08-08 11:39:37 AM  
imgs.xkcd.com

 
M-16A2pilot [TotalFark] 2008-08-08 11:40:04 AM  
Scotty Ian is not amused....

i301.photobucket.com

 
fernt 2008-08-08 11:42:34 AM  
obzerver: FTA
"We don't want this to be another Lee Harvey Oswald case where the public says it is never solved to their satisfaction,"

Maybe the should do this with 9/11 then


Seconded

 
Nuc_E 2008-08-08 11:42:57 AM  
"We don't want this to be another Lee Harvey Oswald case where the public says it is never solved to their satisfaction"

Ok, while I'm not necessarily disagreeing with investigating the investigation, this statement is stupid.

You are never going to solve things to the public's complete satisfaction.

 
fernt 2008-08-08 11:45:25 AM  
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Rice's right-hand man, neo-con Philip D. Zelikow ran the bogus 9/11 commission. He alone decided what evidence would be examined and presented. Even committee members admit it was a whitewash.

 
ungraceful ganesha 2008-08-08 11:45:56 AM  
Sapper_Topo: tuna fingers: sky cat: fark_your_mudder: Oh yeah, the Fark mods.

WHO WILL WATCH THE FARK MODS?!?!?!!

Ceiling Cat.

Ceiling Cat trumps all?


Well, according to the LOLCat Bible: Exodus Chapter 20 Verse 3-7

2 iz Ceiling Cat An I iz Top Cat, An I broughted u out of hawt lend wit no cheezbrgrs for hard werk at all


3 No can has other ceiling cat!! U gotz other Ceiling Cat, I shoot yous wit mah lazer eyes.


4 If u try be Ceiling Cat of any of mai creayshunz up in floaty skai, down in erth or in watr or I shoot yous wit mah lazer eyes.5 If u think faek Ceiling Cat iz Ceiling Cat, I mek u ded An ur kittens ded An if yur kittenz have kittenz, dey be ded too, for being stupid.6 If not I wuv u An all ur lotz uf kittenz!


7 U sez Ceiling Cat bad, I shoot yous wit mah lazer eyes, cuz I dun liek it. Srsly."

 
tuna fingers 2008-08-08 11:45:59 AM  
vudukungfu: Watchin' the detectives.........

Don't get cute.

 
faefrost 2008-08-08 11:53:05 AM  
I can't believe I'm saying thios, but I actually come down on the congressmans side on this. This is one of those situations where an outside investigation by Congress is probably really appropriate.

One of the key Anthrax researchers from Fort Detrick, the primary US Military facility to guard against biological attack, staged an attack on American soil and against the Congress with multiple fatalities. The Apparent purposes of this attack were to draw more attention and funding to his research area, and to do a live human test of his vacine, which nobody would let him try and people. Read through that again. Let the full impact sink in.

It then took the FBI 7 years to figure out that this was the guy. The Anthrax was biologically distinct, and only handled by a small group of people. Initially they went after a diferent guy, and ended up paying millions to him for destroying his life.

While the FBI was chasing the wrong guy, The Feds were pouring $$$ Billions (with a B) into Ivins research and giving him medals and acclaim.

Yeah I think a full public airing of this mess, both the attack and the subsequent actions and investigation is in order.

 
Skleenar 2008-08-08 11:58:14 AM  
tuna fingers: Don't get cute.

He can't be human 'cause he's got no heart.

 
Skleenar 2008-08-08 12:01:48 PM  
Skleenar: He can't be humanwounded 'cause he's got no heart.

Me fail Costello?

That's unpossible.

/Oh well, accidents will happen

 
havesometea 2008-08-08 12:03:08 PM  
Yakk: What did strike me about this whole thing was the fact that the specimens that they were matched to were liquid and it takes sophisticated machines to turn it into dried weaponized powder like was was mailed.

This is the exact point that every talking head I have heard completely missed. Yes, this guy had access to the virus, but he was working on a vaccine. He could not have produced the weaponized version that was sent in the mail.

 
GORDON 2008-08-08 12:06:40 PM  
This little "(R-ecursion)" joke is officially played out, no matter what the party. It's old.

I'm making the call.

 
Fuggin Bizzy 2008-08-08 12:07:11 PM  
Excellent headline, subby

/Programmer

 
Sapper_Topo 2008-08-08 12:15:51 PM  
ungraceful ganesha: Sapper_Topo: tuna fingers: sky cat: fark_your_mudder: Oh yeah, the Fark mods.

WHO WILL WATCH THE FARK MODS?!?!?!!

Ceiling Cat.

Ceiling Cat trumps all?

Well, according to the LOLCat Bible: Exodus Chapter 20 Verse 3-7

2 iz Ceiling Cat An I iz Top Cat, An I broughted u out of hawt lend wit no cheezbrgrs for hard werk at all


3 No can has other ceiling cat!! U gotz other Ceiling Cat, I shoot yous wit mah lazer eyes.


4 If u try be Ceiling Cat of any of mai creayshunz up in floaty skai, down in erth or in watr or I shoot yous wit mah lazer eyes.5 If u think faek Ceiling Cat iz Ceiling Cat, I mek u ded An ur kittens ded An if yur kittenz have kittenz, dey be ded too, for being stupid.6 If not I wuv u An all ur lotz uf kittenz!


7 U sez Ceiling Cat bad, I shoot yous wit mah lazer eyes, cuz I dun liek it. Srsly."


Oh Sweet Jeebus that is priceless!!! I believe you owe me a keyboard...

 
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