15th in blog series chronicling the administration push to war. October 1-15, 2001.


October - November 2001.  Further driving home the horror, tension and fear of 9/11, one week after the attacks, samples of anthrax begin to be mailed anonymously to several individuals in news media and in Congress. The anthrax mailings cause five deaths and seventeen people injured. The media are saturated with ‘anthrax’ for weeks on end, but in spite of the emphasis at the time – particularly in the media hubs of Washington, D.C., and New York City – the anthrax mailings remain unsolved ...   more »