[lbo-talk] dead anthrax suspect's brother: "he can go to hell"

Andy F andy274 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 13:43:33 PDT 2008


On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> t's a late-breaking story, and CNN's American Morning clearly thought it had
> a big "get" — a live interview with the brother of Bruce Ivins, a federal
> biodefense researcher who killed himself as the government prepared to
> charge him in the anthrax mailings of late 2001. Host John Roberts was
> prepared, no doubt, to delicately question a grieving sibling — not for the
> increasingly surly conversation that ensued. Of course, it's hard to fault
> him for not having a followup question ready for statements like, "I'm a
> paratrooper." The logical reply is a bit insensitive: "Are you entirely
> sober?" Click the video icon to watch a distinctly bitter sort of grieving.

The video collage running in the background reminded me of that scene in Neuromancer where similar footage played on monitors throughout a building, coupled with some seizure-inducing effects, was used to induce panic in the people inside.

-- Andy



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