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 Medicine Certification.
Two people who know him well describe him as “different”. That’s a term that bodes ill.
PREEMPT, the group he founded, appears to have only been active for three years or so and the only cites are at his web site.
Ed Lake, who has investigated the anthrax murders extensively, discovered that Dr. Berry filed for U.S. Patent 6,710,711 on September 28, 2001. This is for
A surveillance system and method for identifying chemical, biological or nuclear attacks or hazards occurring within a large area which combines data derived from a modeling and simulation operation with a surveillance data input. The modeling and simulation operation involves continuous periodic runs of multiple scenarios for various biological, chemical and nuclear agents in various concentrations for a given location. Using real time weather data for each location, a model is made in a database of the effect various concentrations of agents would have at that location and this simulated model is processed. The surveillance data input monitors actual human signs and symptoms for the modeled area. This data with real time weather data is compared with the results of modeling and simulation data for the area to determine if a pattern matching that for any modeled agent is present.
There is no reason for a person’s life to be all over the Internet. Most Americans are as invisible as Dr. Berry. It is just curious that a man who presents himself as an expert in a widely studied area, WMD, and as a published author, is invisible. There is about a decade that is not available to us yet. He would have gotten his M.D. around 1984-1986, and he went to work in Wellsville in 1996. He says that he had several medical student clerkships, primarily at Yale, which I assume was before he got his M.D.
Where did he study WMD? Where did he work before Wellsville? How did he become involved with the July 1996 TWA flight 800 crash in Long Island, NY investigation, and what were his credentials to do so?
This is all speculation. There are, undoubtedly, good answers to all my questions. There is nothing on the public record to suggest Dr. Berry’s involvement with the anthrax murders.
