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Dr. Berry Speaks Out
This guy was the subject of FBI raids last year, and I blogged about him several times. Wellsville Daily Reporter n his first interview since the national spotlight was pointed at Wellsville during the August anthrax investigation, Berry talked to The Daily Reporter about his current legal battles and the FBI. “(The FBI investigation) totally destroyed my life. I lost my reputation, my wife, my family, my son, my job … everything,” he said. The FBI has not said if it found any traces of anthrax, and it has not charged Berry in connection with anthrax. The FBI was in and out of Wellsville in one day. However, his wife, Tana, from whom he is now separated, said she was not surprised the FBI showed up at the door that Thursday morning. “He knew he was … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anthrax, Crime and Punishment, Medicine, War on Terror
Dr. Berry and Anthrax: Update
WGRZ Channel 2 Sources from within the law enforcement community tell Channel 2 News that federal authorities are “not excited” about what they found while searching the home of Dr. Kenneth Berry in the Village of Wellsville as well as his parents summer home in New Jersey. The information does not give a concrete idea of what investigators found (or did not find) but it strongly reinforces what Channel 2 News has been hearing since the searches last Thursday — that Dr. Berry is, by no means, a prime suspect in the deadly anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001. Times Herald There are indications that Dr. Berry did things somewhat differently. His primary residence is Wellsville yet he has not had privileges at Jones Memorial Hospital since 2001 ‘ he has commuted to … Read entire article »
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Dr. Kenneth Berry Update
The head scratching continues about this “person of interest” [my term] for the FBI. A medical doctor has e-mailed me with his thoughts, and please note his final comment: This guy is a zero. The American Univ of the Caribbean is a fifth pathway school — guys from the East Coast go there when they can’t get into a US medical school, and they then try to transfer to an American med school (the “fifth pathway”) prior to graduation. Used to work some (the Carter administration tried to make it mandatory for US med schools to accept fifth pathway transfers, but the med schools told them to shove it). But in the last decade or so transfers are almost completely shut down. So our bright boy graduates from AUC. He is NOT … Read entire article »
Filed under: Analysis, Anthrax, Crime and Punishment, Medicine, Original writing, War on Terror, WMD
Dr. Berry Speculation
Here’s a guy who, out of no where, springs up as an expert on WMD. Nearly all we know about him is on his own web site. There are no cites on-line for publications or conferences or speeches other than on his site. His bio is just a little off. Organizations that he belongs to have names that yield no web site but are similar to actual credentialling groups. There is no listing in his bio of where he did his internship or any residencies, things that very often appear in a medical doctor’s bio. I quote an e-mail that I received: I notice that his is not board certified in Emergency Medicine on his CV which, at least, which would raise questions about his being a member of the board of Emergency … Read entire article »
Filed under: Analysis, Anthrax, Crime and Punishment, Medicine, Original writing, War on Terror, WMD
Person of Interest
The FBI appears to have turned its investigation of the anthrax murders away from Dr. Steven Hatfill. The searches in Wellsville today appear to be focused on Kenneth Berry, M.D. He is the founder of a group called PREEMPT. WOKR-TV says (Wellsville, NY) 08/05/04 – A home in Wellsville was searched by the FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service Thursday. Police said it is part of an investigation into the 2001 anthrax cases. The home belongs to the founder of an organization that trains medical professionals to respond to chemical and biological attacks. It’s not known what prompted the search or what they were looking for. PREEMPT also advocated the mass inoculation of all American civilians for anthrax. The organization does not appear to currently be in operation. Dr. Berry is specifically identified in this report … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anthrax, Crime and Punishment, Medicine, War on Terror, WMD
As the Russians say: Holy Shitski!
WNBC The FBI and Postal Inspection Service on Thursday searched locations in Newark and Wellsville, N.Y., in connection with the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the FBI said. The searches began and would probably be completed on Thursday, said Ed Cogswell, an FBI spokesman in Washington. He said he did not know what sort of locations were being searched, and said the supporting information for the search warrants was sealed. No arrests have been made, he said. He declined to provide further details about the searches. “It’s part of the investigative effort. I can’t go beyond that,” Cogswell said. Anthrax mailings killed five people and sickened 17 in autumn 2001. Some of the anthrax-tainted letters were processed at a postal facility in Hamilton. There were five confirmed anthrax infections and two suspected cases … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anthrax, Crime and Punishment, Medicine, War on Terror
United States At Risk
The Real Threat of Terrorism On September 11, 2001 nearly 3,000 people were murdered by terrorists in the largest single attack upon the United States by terrorists in modern times. When people think of terrorism, they think of this attack, the bombing in Oklahoma City, the first attack on the World Trade Center. The news media fails to point out the terrorist attacks that occur nearly monthly, much smaller, but much more frequent. The events of September 11 caused the American people to react, to demand that their government act in its primary duty, to protect and defend the United States. It has done so, at home and abroad. My intention in this essay is to point out my concerns with those activities here at home. My premise is this: The United … Read entire article »
Filed under: Analysis, Anthrax, Original writing, War on Terror, WMD
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