Who do you think is behind the anthrax mailings?

By David Shafer (compiler)

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Match the photo with the response. Answers below.


(A)
LUCIANO SIMEDRA, 18
Fish market employee Gresham


(B)
GINNY HERMAN, 19
Prep cook Northeast Portland


(C)
JOYCE MCMANUS, 65
Volunteer, Assistance League Thrift Shop Southeast Portland


(D)
CHARLES CALHOUN, 49
Chef Northeast Portland

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ANSWER #1: "I think it's a homegrown criminal, not a foreign terrorist. I think he's probably acting alone. Who knows what his motivation might be? I'm not sure they'll ever catch him."

ANSWER #2: "I think it's Americans taking out Americans. I don't think it's one guy, I think it's a group--probably from the right--that's fed up with the way America works."

ANSWER #3: "Probably an American acting alone; not necessarily a nutjob. Probably stole the anthrax years ago and has been waiting for a chance to use it. So it's someone with access and a high degree of intelligence. But not politically motivated, or at least not recognizably so."

ANSWER #4: "I still think the Taliban is behind it--or some American traitors working for the Taliban."

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ANSWERS: 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A

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