October 8, 2001: Bioterrorism - Linda Moulton Howe | Investigative Journalist - Chris Ruddy

First inhalation anthrax case since 1970sLinda Moulton Howe reports two confirmed inhalation anthrax cases in Florida - photo editor Robert Stevens (deceased) and mail-room worker Ernesto Blanco at American Media. First inhalation anthrax in the US since the mid-1970s, and Stevens lived a mile from the airstrip Mohamed Atta used.

Anthrax victim lived a mile from Atta's airstripHowe notes that Robert Stevens' home was approximately one mile from the airstrip where September 11 hijackers, including Mohamed Atta, rented planes. Art jumps to the conclusion the anthrax came through the mail.

Nano-bombs against bioterrorHowe interviews Ted Annis, CEO of NanoBio Corporation, about Dr. James Baker's invention of nano-bombs - microscopic oil droplets in detergent that fuse to and rupture anthrax bacteria and smallpox viruses without harming people. Army tests showed it worked best, but timeline for deployment was 2006.

By the time you have symptoms, you're deadChris Ruddy relays a New York doctor's warning that the government is misleading the public on anthrax: by the time symptoms appear, treatment is futile and roughly 90 percent of victims die even with massive intravenous antibiotics. He says antibiotics have already sold out in Palm Beach and Manhattan.

Bush's prayer meeting and the nuclear fearRuddy reveals that before his address to Congress, President Bush met privately with Billy Graham's son and other clergy and told them he could not share everything but that the possibility of a nuclear weapon being used meant their prayers were more needed than ever. Ruddy ties this to a Russian Pravda warning of a coming financial attack on the US.