In 1992, Meryl Nass identified the world’s largest Anthrax outbreak as an act of biological warfare, occurring during the Rhodesian Civil War between 1978-1980
Nass also detailed problems with the case against Anthrax Letter Bomb Suspect Bruce Ivins, who allegedly committed suicide. The prior chief suspect in the Anthrax Letter Bomb Case was Steven Hatfill.
https://ahrp.org/meryl-nass-m-d/
Anthrax and Bioterrorism
In 1992, Dr. Nass identified the world’s largest anthrax outbreak as an act of biological warfare. It occurred during the Rhodesian Civil War, between 1978 and 1980; it affected only black Rhodesians, and stopped spreading with the end of the war. This was the first scientific investigation of any epidemic that demonstrated the epidemic could not be due to natural causes. Read more here . Her work was cited by the Royal Society and in the book Plague Wars (and BBC documentary Panorama) by Tom Mangold and Jeff Goldberg.
She created a new methodology for investigating and distinguishing between natural epidemics and biological warfare events. 1992, 1992, 1996
In 2001, she wrote articles and was interviewed by all major US media regarding the anthrax letters, ways to manage anthrax spore contamination, and how to better investigate the anthrax letters case. Consulted for World Bank affiliate The Interamerican Development Bank about responding to bioterrorism.
She testified before the Government Reform Committee on the medical response to bioterrorism a month after the anthrax letters event.
She consulted for the Director of National Intelligence in 2008 regarding the prevention of domestic bioterrorism.
Anthrax Letters
In February 2002, Dr. Nass first wrote about how to investigate the anthrax letters case.
She blogged about the problems with the FBI’s case against army scientist Bruce Ivins who committed suicide, whereupon the FBI named him as their primary suspect in August 2008. Dr. Nass covered this case closely, and was interviewed by The New York Times, The Washington Post and other major media about the investigation. See: here, here and here.
Prior to Bruce Ivins being selected as the FBI’s chief suspect, Trump Administration Peter Navarro staffer Steven Hatfill had been the prime suspect in the Anthrax letter bombs, which occurred immediately post 9/11.
Here is a 2014 article in Newsweek which describes how Hatfill was exonerated of any wrongdoing.
Here is Steven Hatfill appearing in a recent interview with Dr. Drew Pinsky on the “Next Major Pandemic”.
I am only beginning to do some cursory research on the deployment of anthrax in Rhodesia which Meryl Nass identified.
I vaguely recall Steven Hatfill defiantly standing in front of microphones and vehemently declaring his innocence in that hazy strange post 9/11 world as the United States launched the “Global War on Terror”.