So...just how do you accidently ship live anthrax to nine states?

[iamwhatiseem]

I would really like to know just how something so incredibly dangerous is "inadvertently" shipped across the breadth of the U.S.
It doesn't get more FUBAR than this.....

Pentagon says live anthrax inadvertently shipped across US Fox News

 

[EverCurious]

My guess would be the new normal of shitty workers not doing their jobs.

 

[depotoo]

This has become an ongoing problem in recent years.
CDC chief Anthrax gaffe should never have happened
Vials of smallpox virus found where they shouldn t have been CDC

there is more,just don't feel like looking them all up.

 

[Moonglow]

I would really like to know just how something so incredibly dangerous is "inadvertently" shipped across the breadth of the U.S.
It doesn't get more FUBAR than this.....

Pentagon says live anthrax inadvertently shipped across US Fox News

It's the military, simple...The only difference between the military and the Boy Scouts????
Boy Scouts have parental guidance..

 

[candycorn]

I doubt it was an accident.

One thing this does highlight is that while I am a big fan of the military and law enforcement and the like; they are woefully ill prepared to deal with what they are charged with undertaking.

Let me explain.

If you went to College, chances are you had some brush with the law enforcement on campus. What I (and probably you) did/do not understand is that there is a professional law enforcement officer heading that unit of the campus. Most refineries and large business parks hire professional security to staff their security posts. Would you feel safer if the head of drama or athletics was in charge of security on campus or the instrument technician doubled as a security guard? I wouldn't. However, in the military and in law enforcement, we have career colonels, up and coming captains and lieutenants and well-trained deputies running data processing operations.

Some roles call for a soldier, some roles call for a lab tech. Training soldiers to become lab techs is fine I guess but (and I"m not saying this is the case) you need to have some legitimate competence when handling Anthrax...someone who dabbles in the enterprise is more likely to make mistakes.

I doubt this was a mistake though.There are too many things that had to go wrong. If history is an indicator...we'll never find out who screwed up and they will either have nothing done to them or they will retire quietly.

 

[pwjohn]

The blame Missteps such as this fall squarely on the shoulders of the commander in chief. That would be Obama in this case.

 

[pwjohn]

I would really like to know just how something so incredibly dangerous is "inadvertently" shipped across the breadth of the U.S.
It doesn't get more FUBAR than this.....

Pentagon says live anthrax inadvertently shipped across US Fox News

It's the military, simple...The only difference between the military and the Boy Scouts????
Boy Scouts have parental guidance..

Yup, pretty much

 

[pwjohn]

My guess would be the new normal of shitty workers not doing their jobs.

Yes, exactly