In July 2000, Germany's Bayer AG had
negotiated an unprecedented sole endorsement by the
Federal Drug Administration of Cipro for anthrax, despite
Cipro’s high price and largely untested status (one
animal study for anthrax treatment in 1993). At a cost
of $700 for a sixty-day supply, Bayer made out like
a bandit. Cipro sales rose by 1000%. The Bush administration
sweetened the pot by awarding an exclusive Health and
Human Services contract to the pharmaceutical giant.
A controversial
anthrax vaccine was already being produced by BioPort
Corporation. In October of 1998, BioPort won an exclusive
$29 million contract with the Department of Defense.
Subsequently, the Pentagon increased the contract to
$49.8 million and advanced BioPort $1.7 million to cover
its outstanding debts. Oddly enough, BioPort’s major
investor was Saudi entrepreneur Fuad El-Hibri, friend
of the bin Laden family and former merger and acquisitions
manager for Citigroup. The Carlyle Group has been named
as another major shareholder. (by
Michelle Mairesse at New Enlightenment)
If there was no intent to profit motivating them, it
is very difficult to deny that the government made an
effective salesman for Cipro specifically, in spite
of the fact that other antibiotics work well.
Profits were in fact made. Even if it is completely
innocent, it strikes me that there is considerably more
reason to concern ourselves with things like this than
for stained dresses and staff willing to cover your
ass to prevent just the sort of silly circus led by
Ken Starr.
Incidentally, the FBI has already stated that
the source of the anthrax was probably internal--most
likely a partisan crackpot scientist at an East Coast
government lab engaged in biological weapons research
in violation of our own treaty. Hmm. America
has been creating super anthrax in violation of an international
treaty they swore to uphold, and the FBI is very reluctant
to reveal that somebody in our own government sent anthrax
to key liberal politicians. However, it
appears that the unofficial-yet-public suspect may well
be a fall guy to hide some other sinister scientist.
Whichever partisan monsters were involved, it does
make me wonder why a Muslim extremist would attempt
to kill Tom Daschle or Dan Rather. This has the
smell of an unspeakable act of partisan politics from
the inside. IF this is the case, and some cadre
of vicious right wingers is attempting to eliminate
the last vestiges of liberalism (and/or Democrats) from
the government, this all sounds kind of like the
work of Saddam Hussein, doesn't it?
Perhaps the most significant element that points this
direction is the fact that the corporate mega-media
matrix is broadcasting a wide spectrum of corporate
propaganda: Talk Radio to Public Radio. Bush voters
are moving away from him in increasing numbers.
The polls lie. NPR was pimping the NASDAQ to provide
smoke and mirrors for the Gingrich/Clinton 1995 victory
of the Multinational Corporate tax dodgers and off-shore
enterprise conmen.
Secret manufacture of weapons of mass destruction,
using those weapons on your own people, implementation
of dictatorship and restriction of freedoms, uncharged
prisoners held indefinitely and secretly. Only
a complete idiot would blame all this on a dunce like
Bush. He's just a puppet in this sick drama.
Whatever is going on here, it is abundantly clear that
Bush, Cheney, Thompson and Ashcroft are fully involved
and responsible for a massive cover-up and disinformation
campaign.
