1 00:00:01,172 --> 00:00:03,888 _ 2 00:00:03,914 --> 00:00:06,099 _ 3 00:00:06,125 --> 00:00:08,204 _ 4 00:00:08,820 --> 00:00:11,359 Previously on The Hot Zone: Anthrax... 5 00:00:11,586 --> 00:00:13,273 I just got a call from Florida, 6 00:00:13,437 --> 00:00:15,406 they're tracking a possible anthrax attack. 7 00:00:15,493 --> 00:00:18,044 The last natural human infection on American soil 8 00:00:18,070 --> 00:00:19,789 was almost 30 years ago. 9 00:00:19,815 --> 00:00:22,484 You're not the only one that's supposed to see things coming. 10 00:00:22,710 --> 00:00:25,742 But what if I do this time and no one listens? 11 00:00:25,768 --> 00:00:27,906 The results came back. It's Ames. 12 00:00:27,932 --> 00:00:30,349 I didn't think it existed outside our high-security research labs. 13 00:00:30,375 --> 00:00:31,339 It doesn't. 14 00:00:31,562 --> 00:00:33,684 I share the concern about 15 00:00:33,710 --> 00:00:35,557 Iraq's biological weapons program. 16 00:00:35,583 --> 00:00:36,812 Is Al-Qaeda even in Iraq? 17 00:00:36,838 --> 00:00:39,968 Iraq's bioweapons capabilities were shut down after the war. 18 00:00:39,994 --> 00:00:42,390 As far as you and I have been told. 19 00:00:42,477 --> 00:00:44,692 Anthrax spores do not die off. 20 00:00:44,718 --> 00:00:46,126 They lay in wait. 21 00:00:46,152 --> 00:00:48,613 What we are talking about is a ticking time bomb. 22 00:00:48,639 --> 00:00:50,528 Where might the letter have been dropped off? 23 00:00:50,554 --> 00:00:51,539 One of our blue boxes? 24 00:00:51,565 --> 00:00:53,207 How many of those blue boxes are we talking? 25 00:00:53,233 --> 00:00:54,655 Over 600. 26 00:00:55,015 --> 00:00:57,669 Bruce, we got some samples coming in from Florida. 27 00:00:57,695 --> 00:01:02,890 Do you suspect someone at work is possibly involved? 28 00:01:02,953 --> 00:01:05,630 NBC was not the only target. 29 00:01:05,656 --> 00:01:08,341 Other news outlets including The New York Post 30 00:01:08,367 --> 00:01:09,804 were targeted as well. 31 00:01:09,830 --> 00:01:12,420 But now, with multiple attacks along the eastern seaboard 32 00:01:12,507 --> 00:01:14,603 and no suspect yet identified, 33 00:01:14,745 --> 00:01:17,627 our nation is gripped with fear. 34 00:01:17,704 --> 00:01:20,915 We can only hope there will be no more victims. 35 00:01:25,941 --> 00:01:29,540 And from Capitol Hill, the White House continues to gather support 36 00:01:29,566 --> 00:01:31,069 to pass the Patriot Act, 37 00:01:31,095 --> 00:01:34,024 which would expand the government's surveillance powers. 38 00:01:34,050 --> 00:01:36,757 Critics charged that it would take away vital protections 39 00:01:36,783 --> 00:01:38,603 for personal privacy. 40 00:01:38,629 --> 00:01:41,344 The most contentious issues revolve around removing 41 00:01:41,370 --> 00:01:43,585 the FISA requirement that the surveillance target 42 00:01:43,611 --> 00:01:45,024 be a foreign national. 43 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:46,628 This means the government can gather 44 00:01:46,654 --> 00:01:48,456 what they call foreign intelligence, 45 00:01:48,543 --> 00:01:51,981 even if the target involved is a US citizen. 46 00:01:52,068 --> 00:01:55,210 The man with the task of passing the controversial bill 47 00:01:55,236 --> 00:01:58,260 is Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. 48 00:02:31,191 --> 00:02:33,943 Start over there with distribution. 49 00:02:41,439 --> 00:02:44,050 Hold on, you got all the... 50 00:03:30,348 --> 00:03:33,910 _ 51 00:03:33,935 --> 00:03:36,644 _ 52 00:03:54,660 --> 00:03:56,753 Morning. Here you go. 53 00:04:09,035 --> 00:04:11,722 The White House is pushing for a Senate vote... 54 00:04:11,748 --> 00:04:14,024 At least nobody calls you Samantha behind your back. 55 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:17,481 ... have adequate time to debate the USA PATRIOT Act, 56 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:18,980 an acronym for "Uniting..." 57 00:04:19,006 --> 00:04:20,964 "Uniting and Strengthening America 58 00:04:20,989 --> 00:04:22,907 by Providing Appropriate Tools Required 59 00:04:22,940 --> 00:04:26,003 To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism." 60 00:04:26,488 --> 00:04:29,269 Man, somebody got really excited 61 00:04:29,295 --> 00:04:30,955 when they came up with that one. 62 00:04:31,806 --> 00:04:34,317 Shocker. More hate mail. 63 00:04:34,693 --> 00:04:36,791 Want me to drop it off in Leahy's office? 64 00:04:38,830 --> 00:04:40,760 Please, let it be cute drawings 65 00:04:40,786 --> 00:04:43,291 instead of misspelled profanity. 66 00:04:44,676 --> 00:04:45,955 Oh, my God. 67 00:04:47,814 --> 00:04:48,875 Okay, 68 00:04:50,370 --> 00:04:52,197 what did they say in the training? 69 00:04:54,468 --> 00:04:56,689 No one move more than you have to. 70 00:04:57,419 --> 00:04:59,978 Billy, call the Capitol Police. 71 00:05:00,735 --> 00:05:02,486 Steve, the FBI. 72 00:05:02,512 --> 00:05:03,580 Got it. 73 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,145 Close the door. 74 00:05:08,447 --> 00:05:11,963 _ 75 00:05:12,619 --> 00:05:14,610 Toretti. Counterterrorism. 76 00:05:20,016 --> 00:05:21,191 Okay. 77 00:05:23,422 --> 00:05:25,774 I need a team at Capitol Hill right now. 78 00:05:41,791 --> 00:05:45,337 www.subtitulamos.tv 79 00:05:52,545 --> 00:05:54,978 Toretti, Profiler with Counterterrorism. 80 00:05:55,137 --> 00:05:58,173 Profiler? You're like a shrink or something? 81 00:05:58,199 --> 00:06:00,055 Yeah, if disco was still a thing. 82 00:06:00,142 --> 00:06:01,556 Where's the letter? 83 00:06:01,883 --> 00:06:04,462 I got a guard on it. Forensics is on their way. 84 00:06:04,488 --> 00:06:06,954 Listen, we've responded two of these hoaxes already today. 85 00:06:07,095 --> 00:06:08,629 There's no reason to think this is any different. 86 00:06:08,716 --> 00:06:10,093 There's a lot of reasons, actually. 87 00:06:10,119 --> 00:06:11,910 I got a Hazmat team on their way. 88 00:06:11,936 --> 00:06:14,194 You seal that contaminated room until they decon it. 89 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:16,071 Get me somebody in facilities. 90 00:06:16,361 --> 00:06:18,983 It could be pumping spores through this entire building right now. 91 00:06:19,009 --> 00:06:21,206 Shut this ventilation system down! 92 00:06:21,232 --> 00:06:24,744 Tell Hazmat I need rapid tests, swabs, and Cipro. 93 00:06:27,564 --> 00:06:28,997 Are you the one that found it? 94 00:06:29,023 --> 00:06:30,459 - Yeah. - Okay. 95 00:06:30,665 --> 00:06:32,056 Is it really anthrax? 96 00:06:32,082 --> 00:06:34,540 We can't run it until the letter's been swabbed for evidence. 97 00:06:34,566 --> 00:06:36,805 But either way, we're gonna start you on antibiotics. 98 00:06:36,831 --> 00:06:38,788 So if you were exposed, hammering it with Cipro 99 00:06:38,814 --> 00:06:40,835 before symptoms appear should knock it out. 100 00:06:40,922 --> 00:06:42,314 It's what they did in New York. 101 00:06:42,658 --> 00:06:45,431 - What about the others? - It's the same protocol. 102 00:06:45,457 --> 00:06:48,451 You gotta hit 'em before they hit you, that's what my mom always says. 103 00:06:48,538 --> 00:06:50,499 I got the South Dakota version. 104 00:06:50,525 --> 00:06:52,473 Better to be cautious than sorry. 105 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:54,861 That's right. You'll be okay. 106 00:07:13,055 --> 00:07:15,539 Hey, Matty, not sure if you're back yet. 107 00:07:15,565 --> 00:07:17,959 Don't forget Kari's birthday party on the 17th. 108 00:07:18,030 --> 00:07:19,758 Hope you can make it. 109 00:07:19,784 --> 00:07:22,287 But just be forewarned, Devon's been a bit of a handful 110 00:07:22,313 --> 00:07:24,516 lately with his dad off the grid. 111 00:07:25,042 --> 00:07:26,399 Miss you. 112 00:07:27,063 --> 00:07:29,040 You've reached the end of your messages. 113 00:07:29,066 --> 00:07:31,541 To repeat this message, press one. 114 00:07:33,008 --> 00:07:34,024 Ryker. 115 00:07:34,050 --> 00:07:36,852 If you're thinking of unpacking your suitcase, gonna have to wait. 116 00:07:36,878 --> 00:07:39,501 Hill just got hit. Anthrax letter. 117 00:07:40,078 --> 00:07:41,102 Where? 118 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:42,984 Senator Daschle's office. 119 00:07:43,071 --> 00:07:44,525 But there's already an agent on the ground, 120 00:07:44,551 --> 00:07:46,446 she caught the call when it came in. 121 00:07:46,646 --> 00:07:48,126 I'm on my way in. 122 00:07:50,687 --> 00:07:53,468 - I need to see that letter. - Special Agent Ryker, 123 00:07:53,494 --> 00:07:55,765 forensics is doing a sweep right now on the Daschle letter 124 00:07:55,791 --> 00:07:57,589 for hair, skin, any particles. 125 00:07:57,651 --> 00:07:59,657 I know you didn't find anything on the New York letters, but I thought... 126 00:07:59,683 --> 00:08:00,754 Worth a shot. 127 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:03,176 - Who are you? - Special Agent Toretti. Dani. 128 00:08:03,202 --> 00:08:05,136 - What division? - Counterterrorism. 129 00:08:05,162 --> 00:08:06,703 I lead a fly team. 130 00:08:06,790 --> 00:08:08,887 Washington Field Office called us in. 131 00:08:08,913 --> 00:08:10,340 On Hazmat? 132 00:08:10,366 --> 00:08:13,360 - So I'll take it from here. - No, that is not how this is gonna go. 133 00:08:13,386 --> 00:08:15,327 I was first boots on the ground. 134 00:08:16,522 --> 00:08:18,598 I read your briefings on Florida and New York, 135 00:08:18,624 --> 00:08:20,195 I've seen copies of the letters. 136 00:08:20,282 --> 00:08:23,226 It's the same block handwriting, slanted to the right. 137 00:08:23,252 --> 00:08:24,939 This sure as hell looks like the same guy to me. 138 00:08:24,965 --> 00:08:27,075 Guy? You mean Al-Qaeda? 139 00:08:27,101 --> 00:08:28,943 No, that would not be my first thought. 140 00:08:28,969 --> 00:08:31,137 I would lean more towards a lone wolf. 141 00:08:31,163 --> 00:08:34,030 Three weeks after terrorists started a war? Not a chance. 142 00:08:34,056 --> 00:08:36,552 Here's the thing, it was postmarked three weeks 143 00:08:36,578 --> 00:08:38,476 after the New York letters. 144 00:08:39,734 --> 00:08:41,280 After Bob Stevens? 145 00:08:41,306 --> 00:08:44,480 Yeah, and after the entire country saw it on TV. 146 00:08:44,567 --> 00:08:46,707 So our sender knew he had killed someone. 147 00:08:46,733 --> 00:08:48,702 He wants more people to die. 148 00:08:48,789 --> 00:08:50,840 And we've swabbed all the interns in the room now, 149 00:08:50,866 --> 00:08:53,887 I'm gonna order anthrax tests for everybody that was in the Hart building today. 150 00:08:53,913 --> 00:08:55,429 We need a wider sweep. 151 00:08:55,515 --> 00:08:58,317 I'd quarantine all the mail in the Capitol until we can get it tested. 152 00:08:58,343 --> 00:09:01,015 You wanna just shut down the entire United States government? 153 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,528 The Hill anyway, until we can get the staffers tested 154 00:09:03,554 --> 00:09:05,233 in the office and deconned. 155 00:09:05,858 --> 00:09:08,637 In a perfect world, I'd set up a full BSL4 lab 156 00:09:08,663 --> 00:09:09,858 to handle that kind of volume. 157 00:09:09,884 --> 00:09:13,046 Daschle had the President on the phone and we've been offered all resources. 158 00:09:13,071 --> 00:09:14,067 Good. 159 00:09:14,093 --> 00:09:16,860 I'll get someone scouting locations to start the build. 160 00:09:17,381 --> 00:09:18,669 Also, 161 00:09:19,155 --> 00:09:21,504 we need to get the head of pathology from USAMRIID 162 00:09:21,530 --> 00:09:23,124 over here and take a look at that letter, 163 00:09:23,150 --> 00:09:25,944 send it back to the lab, and see if it comes back positive. 164 00:09:38,402 --> 00:09:40,058 _ 165 00:09:41,972 --> 00:09:44,175 Thanks. We'll take it from here. 166 00:10:02,210 --> 00:10:04,859 The type of writing is the same, 167 00:10:05,517 --> 00:10:08,608 but the powder is different from the Brokaw and Post letters. 168 00:10:08,695 --> 00:10:10,851 Take a look. It's whiter. 169 00:10:11,250 --> 00:10:13,260 Less clumpy, no debris. 170 00:10:13,286 --> 00:10:15,429 I need to know if it's the same strain. 171 00:10:16,890 --> 00:10:19,757 You'll notice something different about this letter. 172 00:10:21,078 --> 00:10:24,014 - A return address. - Our guy is smart. 173 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,536 He knows that the anthrax letters have been in the news, 174 00:10:26,562 --> 00:10:27,858 people are nervous. 175 00:10:27,884 --> 00:10:30,542 You see a letter with strange handwriting, you're gonna chuck it. 176 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,952 - But from a bunch of kids... - Yeah. 177 00:10:33,085 --> 00:10:34,634 We have to track down the address 178 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:36,437 and get this to USAMRIID for testing. 179 00:10:37,797 --> 00:10:40,460 _ 180 00:10:43,077 --> 00:10:45,864 Both the Brokaw and The Post letters are postmarked here, 181 00:10:45,890 --> 00:10:48,426 so our agents are gonna swab all 600 plus mailboxes 182 00:10:48,452 --> 00:10:50,812 that feed into this facility, full hazmat gear. 183 00:10:50,838 --> 00:10:52,234 This is gonna be tedious 184 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,239 okay, but if we can identify this specific box, 185 00:10:54,265 --> 00:10:55,905 it's gonna help lead us to the terrorists. 186 00:10:57,965 --> 00:10:58,966 Excuse me. 187 00:10:59,101 --> 00:11:00,265 Hey, it's Chris Moore. 188 00:11:00,291 --> 00:11:03,187 Hey, put another agent on the boxes, I need you on something else. 189 00:11:03,213 --> 00:11:05,593 The Daschle letter has a return address. 190 00:11:05,710 --> 00:11:08,015 It's an elementary school in Franklin Park. 191 00:11:08,062 --> 00:11:11,013 Franklin Park? That's, that can't be more than 20 miles from here. 192 00:11:21,441 --> 00:11:24,140 That fed guy is up in Quinton's office again. 193 00:11:24,328 --> 00:11:26,591 Wonder what he got himself into. 194 00:11:34,634 --> 00:11:37,149 _ 195 00:11:41,587 --> 00:11:44,094 Testing the sample is gonna take me a few hours in the lab. 196 00:11:44,181 --> 00:11:45,360 You got it. 197 00:11:45,386 --> 00:11:47,415 I'll let him know we're heading over now. 198 00:11:50,939 --> 00:11:52,868 I can give him an ETA. 199 00:12:46,601 --> 00:12:48,495 Is that from the Daschle letter? 200 00:12:48,813 --> 00:12:51,854 Bruce. I didn't you were here. 201 00:12:53,448 --> 00:12:54,948 Mind if I take a look? 202 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:56,315 Sure. 203 00:13:07,702 --> 00:13:10,226 I've never seen anthrax so aerosolized. 204 00:13:10,571 --> 00:13:13,112 It's far more lethal in this form. 205 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:03,791 Jody. 206 00:14:04,371 --> 00:14:06,823 What if the anthrax killer is one of us? 207 00:14:09,550 --> 00:14:11,546 I think you're letting all this get to you. 208 00:14:11,572 --> 00:14:13,269 Think about it, Jod. 209 00:14:13,591 --> 00:14:15,350 The terrorists would still need some patsy 210 00:14:15,376 --> 00:14:17,063 here on the ground to help them carry it out. 211 00:14:17,089 --> 00:14:19,542 Someone who has access to anthrax and knows how to handle it. 212 00:14:19,568 --> 00:14:22,196 I know there's been a flood of new faces around here 213 00:14:22,222 --> 00:14:24,308 with all with all the added help for testing 214 00:14:24,334 --> 00:14:27,250 but they were brought in after the letters were found. 215 00:14:27,276 --> 00:14:30,089 - Be careful pointing fingers. - Maybe it's not someone new. 216 00:14:30,675 --> 00:14:32,690 For shirts and giggles, let's just say this person 217 00:14:32,716 --> 00:14:34,034 was part of the old guard around here. 218 00:14:34,060 --> 00:14:36,229 Someone we've been working with on a daily basis. 219 00:14:36,255 --> 00:14:39,443 Bruce, there's enough division around here as it is, 220 00:14:39,469 --> 00:14:42,159 science versus military, old gen, new gen and 221 00:14:42,417 --> 00:14:44,511 without creating more, I just... 222 00:14:45,159 --> 00:14:47,714 I'm not sure I'm the one you should be talking to. 223 00:14:50,144 --> 00:14:51,628 I tell you everything. 224 00:14:52,780 --> 00:14:55,078 I would never keep something like this from you. 225 00:14:56,219 --> 00:14:58,609 If you really have concerns, Bruce, 226 00:14:58,635 --> 00:15:00,515 you should tell the Colonel. 227 00:15:01,546 --> 00:15:04,445 I just think we have a duty here, you know. 228 00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:07,606 I mean, what if a person could weasel their way into a position 229 00:15:07,632 --> 00:15:09,752 where they could impede the FBI's investigation, 230 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:11,536 maybe even destroy evidence? 231 00:15:11,562 --> 00:15:14,106 It'd be up to us to stop them, wouldn't it? 232 00:15:24,997 --> 00:15:27,442 - Hey, Matt, I have to call you back. - Where are you? 233 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:28,997 Not where I'm supposed to be. 234 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,589 Small Biz Committee started three minutes ago. 235 00:15:31,615 --> 00:15:32,776 On the Hill? 236 00:15:32,878 --> 00:15:35,229 - Yeah, why? - I want you to get out of the building. 237 00:15:35,972 --> 00:15:37,292 What's going on? 238 00:15:37,318 --> 00:15:39,531 The Hill's been attacked, it's anthrax. 239 00:15:39,565 --> 00:15:41,940 - In a few minutes, every building's gonna be evacuated. - Oh, my God. 240 00:15:41,966 --> 00:15:44,753 Listen, head to Constitution and Second. 241 00:15:44,779 --> 00:15:46,560 There's three buses arriving to take people 242 00:15:46,586 --> 00:15:48,121 to Bethesda to get tested. 243 00:15:48,208 --> 00:15:50,013 Get on the first bus, okay? 244 00:15:50,039 --> 00:15:51,431 I'll call you later. 245 00:15:51,457 --> 00:15:52,771 Matthew. 246 00:15:53,630 --> 00:15:56,607 As the evacuation on Capitol Hill continues, 247 00:15:56,633 --> 00:15:59,393 FBI teams scour for evidence. 248 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,760 Growing sources insist there there is a direct link 249 00:16:02,802 --> 00:16:06,237 between the New York and D.C. mailings to terrorists, 250 00:16:06,263 --> 00:16:08,097 - and possibly Iraq. - _ 251 00:16:08,230 --> 00:16:11,511 So far, the FBI has declined to comment. 252 00:16:15,499 --> 00:16:17,206 Move it along, please. 253 00:16:22,597 --> 00:16:24,886 Okay, do you have a fever? 254 00:16:27,468 --> 00:16:29,659 Hi. Sheila Willis. 255 00:16:45,714 --> 00:16:49,617 The FBI is quarantining all mail on Capitol Hill. 256 00:16:49,704 --> 00:16:53,594 And reportedly, the Bureau is building a lab as no labs 257 00:16:53,620 --> 00:16:56,433 on the East Coast can handle the volume. 258 00:16:56,519 --> 00:16:59,975 Vacuum seals capable of sustaining directional airflow, 259 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,355 self-closing doors, decontamination stations. 260 00:17:02,381 --> 00:17:04,698 You're building an entire BSL4 lab 261 00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:07,321 in an unsecure, unsterile space? 262 00:17:07,347 --> 00:17:09,094 It'll be both once we're done. 263 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:11,178 Daschle got a green light directly from the White House. 264 00:17:11,204 --> 00:17:12,816 With this splashed all over the news, 265 00:17:12,842 --> 00:17:15,797 whole damn seaboard is terrified to touch their mail. 266 00:17:15,823 --> 00:17:18,527 Once we prove the rest of the mail on the Hill is clean, 267 00:17:18,553 --> 00:17:20,563 it'll put people's minds at ease about their own. 268 00:17:20,589 --> 00:17:23,626 Fine, the administration is shelling out millions, 269 00:17:23,652 --> 00:17:26,235 you better deliver more than just another envelope 270 00:17:26,261 --> 00:17:27,872 filled with white powder. 271 00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:30,691 Hand them the connection to terrorists. 272 00:17:31,034 --> 00:17:33,902 Look, I'll find the terrorists, 273 00:17:34,391 --> 00:17:36,610 but I've been hearing all the rumblings in the press, 274 00:17:36,636 --> 00:17:39,145 and I don't know that this came from Iraq. 275 00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:42,675 You and I aren't cleared for all classified intel. 276 00:17:42,737 --> 00:17:45,847 Who knows where those bastards are hiding out? 277 00:17:46,521 --> 00:17:47,972 Just find them. 278 00:17:53,256 --> 00:17:56,058 Chris, tell me you got something at the school. 279 00:17:56,084 --> 00:17:57,949 So, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, 280 00:17:57,975 --> 00:18:00,401 but this return address is bogus. 281 00:18:00,427 --> 00:18:03,279 There actually aren't any schools called Greendale in Franklin Park. 282 00:18:03,436 --> 00:18:06,105 The closest match we could find was a Greenbrook Elementary, 283 00:18:06,131 --> 00:18:08,826 it's in Kendall Park. But we've been here since the doors opened, 284 00:18:08,852 --> 00:18:11,742 there's nobody on any FBI Watchlist associated with the school. 285 00:18:11,829 --> 00:18:13,225 CIA's got nothing. 286 00:18:13,251 --> 00:18:15,092 Students, faculty, no one from Iraq? 287 00:18:15,139 --> 00:18:17,295 Five students, three staff from the Middle East. 288 00:18:17,321 --> 00:18:19,764 But I mean, these people have all been vetted since 9/11. 289 00:18:19,861 --> 00:18:21,928 And there's none that are of Iraqi descent. 290 00:18:22,620 --> 00:18:24,888 There's nothing here, Matt. Sorry. 291 00:18:26,108 --> 00:18:28,281 Look, I don't wanna overstep here, but... 292 00:18:28,368 --> 00:18:30,718 Didn't you say Iraq never had the Ames strain? 293 00:18:31,553 --> 00:18:34,467 Yeah, we'll know more once we find out where those letters were mailed. 294 00:18:34,939 --> 00:18:37,819 In the meantime, get everyone up there swabbing mailboxes, okay? 295 00:18:38,340 --> 00:18:39,411 Okay. 296 00:18:40,287 --> 00:18:43,451 Many US citizens have stopped opening their mail, 297 00:18:43,639 --> 00:18:45,464 even tossing it on the curb. 298 00:18:45,497 --> 00:18:47,959 We now join a live conference 299 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:50,912 at the Brentwood Mail Facility in D.C. 300 00:18:50,999 --> 00:18:53,427 Thank you for joining us here today. 301 00:18:53,654 --> 00:18:56,135 At the postal services in Washington, D.C. 302 00:18:56,245 --> 00:18:58,654 - processing and distribution center. - _ 303 00:18:58,680 --> 00:18:59,885 As you know, 304 00:18:59,911 --> 00:19:04,471 one letter from among the more than 3.5 million pieces of mail 305 00:19:04,497 --> 00:19:07,643 handled here each day contained anthrax. 306 00:19:07,865 --> 00:19:10,200 I don't know why they made you stay after your shift 307 00:19:10,226 --> 00:19:12,169 and sweep up round the sorters. 308 00:19:12,622 --> 00:19:14,794 You can't even see them on the TV. 309 00:19:14,974 --> 00:19:19,849 ... I am announcing the offer of a reward of up to $1 million 310 00:19:20,552 --> 00:19:23,776 for the information leading to the arrest and conviction 311 00:19:23,802 --> 00:19:27,383 of those responsible for the mailing of the anthrax. 312 00:19:27,409 --> 00:19:28,417 You leavin'? 313 00:19:28,450 --> 00:19:30,493 There's enough smoke being blown up 314 00:19:30,519 --> 00:19:32,475 certain places around here. 315 00:19:32,562 --> 00:19:35,808 And I'm feeling a little run-down anyway. 316 00:19:38,265 --> 00:19:39,605 Later. 317 00:19:40,801 --> 00:19:43,089 How many others on the Hill have been infected? 318 00:19:44,206 --> 00:19:46,956 We got 28 new cases, hundreds more to test. 319 00:19:47,308 --> 00:19:48,900 And I've got three more right here. 320 00:19:48,926 --> 00:19:50,636 Okay, let's pin 'em. 321 00:19:50,972 --> 00:19:53,516 The green indicates where infected people worked, 322 00:19:53,542 --> 00:19:56,191 the red is where our hazmat teams found spores, 323 00:19:56,217 --> 00:19:59,258 here, high concentration in Feingold's offices, 324 00:19:59,284 --> 00:20:01,000 in the central atrium, and the courtyard 325 00:20:01,026 --> 00:20:02,679 in front of Daschle's suite. 326 00:20:02,705 --> 00:20:03,769 What about your three? 327 00:20:03,795 --> 00:20:05,378 I got Alicia Herrera, 328 00:20:05,465 --> 00:20:08,098 - works in Feingold's basement office. - Okay. 329 00:20:08,587 --> 00:20:10,270 Mike Wakefield, 330 00:20:10,684 --> 00:20:12,707 Capitol Police, first responders. 331 00:20:12,733 --> 00:20:15,106 He's one of the first into the Hart Building after the attack. 332 00:20:15,132 --> 00:20:16,426 That'd be atrium. 333 00:20:16,452 --> 00:20:17,932 And Peter Browning, 334 00:20:18,070 --> 00:20:20,262 a contractor in the State Department... 335 00:20:21,258 --> 00:20:22,442 Building. 336 00:20:30,011 --> 00:20:31,206 Ryker? 337 00:20:31,613 --> 00:20:33,643 We shut the Hill down too late. 338 00:20:34,412 --> 00:20:36,479 Somebody opened another letter. 339 00:20:42,034 --> 00:20:43,745 Mr. Browning, I just need to confirm, 340 00:20:43,771 --> 00:20:46,436 you were nowhere near the Hart Building this morning, correct? 341 00:20:46,462 --> 00:20:47,979 I stay in the annex. 342 00:20:48,026 --> 00:20:51,391 Keep my distance from the senators and staffers, the egos. 343 00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:53,159 How long have you had symptoms? 344 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:55,689 I've felt like crap for two days. 345 00:20:55,776 --> 00:20:57,517 Well, you could have been exposed days ago 346 00:20:57,543 --> 00:20:59,258 from an entirely different letter. 347 00:20:59,705 --> 00:21:02,382 We need to know when that letter arrived 348 00:21:02,408 --> 00:21:04,384 and who might've been the target. 349 00:21:04,932 --> 00:21:07,634 Mr. Browning, think back. 350 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:10,681 Do you remember opening any suspicious mail over the past week? 351 00:21:10,707 --> 00:21:13,147 It would've likely look similar to the anthrax letters 352 00:21:13,173 --> 00:21:16,336 that you've seen on TV, with all caps and childish handwriting. 353 00:21:16,369 --> 00:21:18,891 I don't really see what comes in or where it's going. 354 00:21:19,234 --> 00:21:22,017 I'm a supervisor. I don't open mail. 355 00:21:22,692 --> 00:21:23,977 Ever. 356 00:21:33,361 --> 00:21:34,825 Give me a minute, okay? 357 00:21:34,851 --> 00:21:35,895 Yeah. 358 00:21:37,954 --> 00:21:39,017 Hey. 359 00:21:39,863 --> 00:21:41,095 Hey. 360 00:21:42,853 --> 00:21:44,371 How bad is this? 361 00:21:44,397 --> 00:21:45,903 I'm not really sure. 362 00:21:46,293 --> 00:21:47,486 Are you okay? 363 00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:51,064 Yeah. I'm still waiting to find out, and they're getting us Cipro. 364 00:21:51,908 --> 00:21:53,549 I'm trying not to freak out. 365 00:21:54,001 --> 00:21:55,475 You're gonna be okay, all right? 366 00:21:55,564 --> 00:21:58,436 The important thing is they caught everyone on the Hill early. 367 00:21:58,462 --> 00:21:59,576 Okay. 368 00:22:00,897 --> 00:22:03,024 I really gotta go. I'll check in with you later? 369 00:22:03,050 --> 00:22:04,312 Okay. 370 00:22:10,275 --> 00:22:13,236 It's a little high, but not so bad. Flu's going around. 371 00:22:13,262 --> 00:22:14,960 It don't feel like the flu. 372 00:22:15,468 --> 00:22:17,361 You know, Joe left after his shift. 373 00:22:17,806 --> 00:22:19,120 Looked like hell. 374 00:22:19,207 --> 00:22:20,712 Said he wasn't feeling good neither. 375 00:22:20,738 --> 00:22:23,499 Joe said he hit the crab cake buffet at Milton's yesterday. 376 00:22:23,525 --> 00:22:25,256 Chances are it's food poisoning. 377 00:22:25,282 --> 00:22:27,822 But they had me shut down number 17. 378 00:22:28,803 --> 00:22:30,718 You don't think maybe it had to do with what's happening 379 00:22:30,744 --> 00:22:32,742 on the Hill with the anthrax mail? 380 00:22:32,829 --> 00:22:34,850 They held a whole press conference here. 381 00:22:34,876 --> 00:22:36,718 All the big wigs were down on the floor. 382 00:22:36,744 --> 00:22:38,748 They wouldn't do that if it weren't safe. 383 00:22:38,947 --> 00:22:42,861 Look, just take a few aspirin and finish up. 384 00:22:43,327 --> 00:22:46,383 You don't wanna use a whole sick day just 'cause you're feeling warm. 385 00:23:04,866 --> 00:23:08,358 ? Go tell it on the mountains ? 386 00:23:08,384 --> 00:23:12,015 ? Over the hills and everywhere ? 387 00:23:12,048 --> 00:23:15,044 ? Go tell it on the mountains ? 388 00:23:15,069 --> 00:23:18,458 ? that Jesus Christ is born ? 389 00:23:18,484 --> 00:23:22,380 It is a blessing to see so many faces here tonight. 390 00:23:22,575 --> 00:23:25,055 I only wish it was for different reasons, 391 00:23:25,150 --> 00:23:28,589 but the atrocities of 9/11 have left us searching 392 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:32,982 for answers and comfort in the house of our Lord. 393 00:23:33,007 --> 00:23:36,285 ? Go tell it on the mountains ? 394 00:23:36,310 --> 00:23:39,115 ? Over the hills and everywhere ? 395 00:23:39,141 --> 00:23:40,037 Honey. 396 00:23:40,063 --> 00:23:43,123 ? Go tell it on the mountains ? 397 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,275 Joe, you okay? 398 00:23:45,644 --> 00:23:46,998 What's going on? 399 00:23:47,024 --> 00:23:50,397 ? Go tell it on the mountains... ? 400 00:24:05,762 --> 00:24:06,950 Come in. 401 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:10,182 Colonel Charles, evening. 402 00:24:10,208 --> 00:24:12,253 Sorry to barge in on you this late. 403 00:24:12,279 --> 00:24:15,715 Not a problem, Dr. Ivins, especially if you keep it quick. 404 00:24:15,802 --> 00:24:18,458 Wife's making pot roast tonight. 405 00:24:18,858 --> 00:24:21,458 It's about the anthrax investigation, sir. 406 00:24:22,367 --> 00:24:24,673 I'd like to have a word with you about Simon Kurz. 407 00:24:24,854 --> 00:24:26,995 You have an issue with how Kurz's running things? 408 00:24:27,021 --> 00:24:28,451 I do, sir. 409 00:24:28,641 --> 00:24:31,229 As you know I've spent my whole career working on anthrax, 410 00:24:31,255 --> 00:24:32,975 I pretty much wrote the book on it, 411 00:24:33,037 --> 00:24:35,373 at least a cornucopia of articles. 412 00:24:36,313 --> 00:24:39,577 And Simon has not consulted with me about the Daschle letter. 413 00:24:39,711 --> 00:24:41,685 Not that strange, Bruce. 414 00:24:41,779 --> 00:24:44,282 Situations like this always fall to the head of the department. 415 00:24:44,308 --> 00:24:46,732 With all due respect to Dr. Kurz, sir, 416 00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:49,003 I'm the one here who's worked on not one, 417 00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:51,599 but two anthrax vaccines and I just... 418 00:24:53,286 --> 00:24:55,169 I think something's amiss. 419 00:24:58,155 --> 00:25:00,455 You think Kurz is purposely keeping you out? 420 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:02,421 I don't want to speculate, sir. 421 00:25:02,502 --> 00:25:04,116 I just want to help. 422 00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:08,343 If I could have a couple of hours with the Daschle letter, 423 00:25:08,848 --> 00:25:11,538 there's some tests that Simon hasn't run yet. 424 00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:34,835 - They're the same stock as the attack envelopes? - Yes. 425 00:25:35,326 --> 00:25:38,569 How can a person who didn't even open the letter get infected? 426 00:25:38,858 --> 00:25:41,071 I thought it took, like, 8,000 spores? 427 00:25:41,097 --> 00:25:42,777 Do you know how they got those estimates? 428 00:25:42,803 --> 00:25:44,358 Tests on monkeys. 429 00:25:44,429 --> 00:25:46,300 For humans, they don't know exactly. 430 00:25:46,530 --> 00:25:50,369 Now, this cocoa powder is just about the same particle size as the anthrax. 431 00:25:50,635 --> 00:25:54,265 So last week in New York, a woman from The Post, 432 00:25:54,291 --> 00:25:58,002 said she was infected, who swears she never opened an envelope. 433 00:25:58,268 --> 00:26:00,052 - Like Browning? - Exactly. 434 00:26:00,078 --> 00:26:02,862 So I thought she just couldn't remember opening it. 435 00:26:03,479 --> 00:26:05,651 Then we found it, and it was sealed. 436 00:26:05,677 --> 00:26:07,827 But how can even a few spores escape an envelope 437 00:26:07,853 --> 00:26:09,393 that's been taped shut? 438 00:26:09,419 --> 00:26:10,940 I don't think they did. 439 00:26:10,966 --> 00:26:14,424 This morning, we got a call from Dr. Kurz over at USAMRIID. 440 00:26:14,450 --> 00:26:16,800 He said that the second batch of spores 441 00:26:16,826 --> 00:26:18,987 were the most refined he's ever seen. 442 00:26:25,976 --> 00:26:28,354 Powder's not leaking from the edges of the tape. 443 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,518 It's coming right through the fibers of the envelope. 444 00:26:32,544 --> 00:26:34,799 Which means that anyone even in the vicinity 445 00:26:34,825 --> 00:26:37,205 of the anthrax letters is at risk. 446 00:26:37,557 --> 00:26:40,401 There could be a whole string of victims we don't know anything about, 447 00:26:40,427 --> 00:26:42,846 all the way back to Jersey where the letters were mailed. 448 00:26:42,872 --> 00:26:45,791 So we need to know each stop that they made along the way. 449 00:26:47,971 --> 00:26:50,158 - Shut it down! - What, all of it? 450 00:26:50,184 --> 00:26:52,440 There must be a dozen DBCS machines down there. 451 00:26:52,466 --> 00:26:55,315 Yes, you need to evacuate every employee and get them all on Cipro. 452 00:26:55,341 --> 00:26:58,190 We'd have mountains of mail. It's a federal offense. 453 00:26:58,216 --> 00:27:01,033 I've contacted the CDC and you should be hearing from the Governor any minute. 454 00:27:01,059 --> 00:27:02,682 This needs to happen right now! 455 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:03,533 The Governor? 456 00:27:03,567 --> 00:27:06,656 Your machines could be spewing poison throughout the entire building. 457 00:27:06,682 --> 00:27:08,879 We already know of three letters full of anthrax 458 00:27:08,905 --> 00:27:10,307 have passed through your equipment. 459 00:27:10,348 --> 00:27:11,955 There could be more. 460 00:27:12,068 --> 00:27:14,998 The anthrax is coming through the envelopes. 461 00:27:15,024 --> 00:27:17,435 One of your employees was already admitted into St. Francis. 462 00:27:17,461 --> 00:27:18,854 They found a lesion on her arm. 463 00:27:18,941 --> 00:27:20,421 - Who? - Angela Lowman. 464 00:27:20,799 --> 00:27:23,440 We're checking in with another employee who might also be infected. 465 00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:26,112 I'm gonna have the floor evacuated immediately. 466 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,257 Inspector, sorry to keep you waiting. 467 00:27:30,344 --> 00:27:32,302 Here's a copy of what I faxed to your office. 468 00:27:32,389 --> 00:27:34,043 - Happy to help. - Thank you. 469 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:36,172 We shut down the Hamilton facility in New Jersey. 470 00:27:36,198 --> 00:27:38,265 But what we need to know is everywhere the letter went 471 00:27:38,291 --> 00:27:40,125 between there and Senator Daschle's office. 472 00:27:40,151 --> 00:27:41,797 We need test everyone along the way, 473 00:27:41,823 --> 00:27:44,031 so we just wanna know how precise we can get. 474 00:27:44,057 --> 00:27:45,664 Well, you see those series of hash marks? 475 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,856 It's actually an encoded time stamp. 476 00:27:47,882 --> 00:27:51,229 It traces a letter's path, marks every facility it went through. 477 00:27:51,637 --> 00:27:53,025 There we go. 478 00:27:55,420 --> 00:27:58,502 Okay, on October 9th, 479 00:27:58,528 --> 00:27:59,854 the envelope went through 480 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,073 the Automatic Flats Canceling and Sorting machine at Hamilton 481 00:28:03,241 --> 00:28:04,751 at 4:57 pm. 482 00:28:04,776 --> 00:28:06,218 At 5:15, 483 00:28:06,244 --> 00:28:08,903 it was encoded by a DBCS machine 484 00:28:08,929 --> 00:28:10,638 according to its zip plus four, 485 00:28:10,664 --> 00:28:12,646 and sorted into a mail bin that was loaded 486 00:28:12,672 --> 00:28:15,075 onto Truck number 468. 487 00:28:15,101 --> 00:28:18,784 The truck left Hamilton at 7:18 am the next morning, 488 00:28:18,871 --> 00:28:20,585 and drove to Newark Airport, 489 00:28:20,611 --> 00:28:23,390 where it was loaded on a USPS airliner. 490 00:28:23,416 --> 00:28:25,133 We need to track down that driver, 491 00:28:25,159 --> 00:28:27,227 the pilot, and the co-pilot, and those baggage handlers. 492 00:28:27,253 --> 00:28:30,269 Plane landed in D.C. on the night of the October 10th, 493 00:28:30,295 --> 00:28:34,343 and from there, the letter went to its final USPS stop... 494 00:28:35,271 --> 00:28:36,437 Brentwood. 495 00:28:37,718 --> 00:28:40,640 Brentwood's one of the largest mail facilities on the East Coast. 496 00:28:40,666 --> 00:28:42,898 It employs almost 2,000 workers. 497 00:28:43,336 --> 00:28:46,246 Can you trace the exact machines that letter went through? 498 00:28:46,272 --> 00:28:47,548 Just one. 499 00:28:48,691 --> 00:28:50,921 DBCS machine number 17. 500 00:28:51,148 --> 00:28:53,468 We need to get all those workers out of there. 501 00:28:58,606 --> 00:28:59,812 What the... 502 00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:01,500 They didn't evacuate? 503 00:29:02,304 --> 00:29:04,417 How can they just let these employees come to work 504 00:29:04,443 --> 00:29:06,336 in a contaminated space? 505 00:29:15,124 --> 00:29:16,716 I'm looking for Jerry Reid. 506 00:29:16,742 --> 00:29:19,202 - You found him. - Special Agent Ryker, FBI. 507 00:29:19,228 --> 00:29:21,426 This place should have been evacuated hours ago. 508 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,387 We got your recommendation. 509 00:29:23,507 --> 00:29:25,700 We shut down DBCS 17 510 00:29:25,726 --> 00:29:27,781 and I passed it on up the chain, 511 00:29:27,885 --> 00:29:29,492 they said that was enough. 512 00:29:29,827 --> 00:29:33,162 Letters filled with anthrax came through here days ago. 513 00:29:33,249 --> 00:29:34,642 We've had two positive cases 514 00:29:34,729 --> 00:29:36,078 in a postal facility in New Jersey. 515 00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:38,152 They shut down. Why haven't you? 516 00:29:38,178 --> 00:29:40,156 Hamilton is a fraction of our size. 517 00:29:40,182 --> 00:29:42,276 We service the entire U.S. Government, 518 00:29:42,302 --> 00:29:45,538 - every embassy and... - You need to shut this place down. 519 00:29:45,937 --> 00:29:48,492 FBI doesn't have carte blanche jurisdiction. 520 00:29:48,609 --> 00:29:51,820 Look, there's a whole chain of heavy hitters above the two of us. 521 00:29:51,846 --> 00:29:54,898 What part of this do you guys not understand? People are dying! 522 00:29:54,924 --> 00:29:57,015 Not postal workers. They're all fine. 523 00:29:58,231 --> 00:30:01,788 You don't understand what we do, what we are. 524 00:30:01,859 --> 00:30:04,156 Social Security checks, mortgages. 525 00:30:04,182 --> 00:30:06,262 You don't let somebody's house get foreclosed on, 526 00:30:06,288 --> 00:30:07,999 'cause they missed a payment. 527 00:30:08,406 --> 00:30:10,583 And what about the insulin that's sitting in one of our carts 528 00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:12,452 on its way to some diabetic? 529 00:30:12,984 --> 00:30:15,375 People's lives rely on the postal service. 530 00:30:15,401 --> 00:30:17,640 We don't "shut down." Ever. 531 00:30:18,031 --> 00:30:20,183 What you're looking at on that floor is an essential service. 532 00:30:20,209 --> 00:30:21,437 They're essential. 533 00:30:21,463 --> 00:30:23,273 Don't you mean expendable? 534 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,175 I may not have the authority to evacuate your employees, 535 00:30:29,201 --> 00:30:31,223 but let's see how many of them stick around when they start seeing 536 00:30:31,249 --> 00:30:33,312 a hazmat team sweeping through. 537 00:30:35,254 --> 00:30:36,995 Rough pass first. 538 00:30:37,176 --> 00:30:38,523 Get suited up. 539 00:30:51,153 --> 00:30:53,025 What are they all doing here? 540 00:30:55,723 --> 00:30:56,968 Excuse me? 541 00:30:56,994 --> 00:30:58,617 Can you tell us what is going on here? 542 00:30:58,643 --> 00:31:01,044 Is the floor contaminated or something? 543 00:31:01,070 --> 00:31:03,874 We don't know yet, but I'm gonna be honest with you. 544 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:06,447 There are probably a few workers here in this facility 545 00:31:06,473 --> 00:31:09,320 that have been exposed to anthrax spores. 546 00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:12,981 Now, I'm trying to track down anyone who's been sick, 547 00:31:13,007 --> 00:31:14,484 so we can get them help. 548 00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:15,952 Are you feeling ill in any way? 549 00:31:15,978 --> 00:31:17,608 Not, not me. 550 00:31:17,658 --> 00:31:19,218 Somebody else then? 551 00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:24,710 Their best chance is for us to get to them as soon as possible. 552 00:31:26,476 --> 00:31:30,242 A friend of mine, Louis Miller, he, 553 00:31:30,268 --> 00:31:33,687 he's never left mid-shift his whole life until today. 554 00:31:33,979 --> 00:31:36,890 - I'll give you his number. - Please, yes. 555 00:31:37,898 --> 00:31:39,992 He wasn't home and he isn't picking up his cell. 556 00:31:40,018 --> 00:31:42,335 He wasn't at his HMO's urgent care either. 557 00:31:42,507 --> 00:31:44,243 I'm heading over to Central Hospital. 558 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:46,538 All right. I'll tell you what I find out here. 559 00:31:49,037 --> 00:31:50,691 I'm looking for a patient, 560 00:31:50,851 --> 00:31:53,148 African-American male in his 40s. 561 00:31:53,174 --> 00:31:55,367 Place of employment is the Brentwood Mail Facility. 562 00:31:55,393 --> 00:31:56,784 I have his name and address right here. 563 00:31:56,871 --> 00:31:58,335 Is it Thomas Morris? 564 00:31:58,612 --> 00:32:01,531 Qieth McQue? I've also got a Joseph Curseen. 565 00:32:01,832 --> 00:32:04,210 - These men all work at Brentwood? - Yeah. 566 00:32:04,236 --> 00:32:05,968 And they're all current patients? 567 00:32:05,994 --> 00:32:08,296 Two of them are in the ICU, 568 00:32:09,065 --> 00:32:11,789 but Joe is in Room 311. 569 00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:14,572 Thank you. 570 00:32:19,624 --> 00:32:21,437 Hi. I'm looking for a patient, 571 00:32:21,463 --> 00:32:24,468 he's a middle-aged man, African-American named Louis Miller. 572 00:32:24,494 --> 00:32:27,070 He hasn't seen a doctor yet. He's in the waiting area. 573 00:32:27,096 --> 00:32:28,656 Okay, I need someone now. 574 00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:31,400 Louis Miller? 575 00:32:31,695 --> 00:32:32,892 Over here. 576 00:32:33,296 --> 00:32:35,936 Mr. Miller? From the Brentwood Mail Facility? 577 00:32:35,962 --> 00:32:36,827 Yeah. 578 00:32:37,095 --> 00:32:38,111 What's going on? 579 00:32:38,145 --> 00:32:39,996 Are you experiencing flu-like symptoms? 580 00:32:40,022 --> 00:32:42,068 Something's not right. 581 00:32:42,291 --> 00:32:44,814 I'm sorry, who are you? 582 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,444 Dani Toretti, FBI, we believe you may have been exposed 583 00:32:47,470 --> 00:32:50,408 to anthrax at Brentwood, we just need to make sure. 584 00:32:50,564 --> 00:32:52,970 Okay. Chest X-ray and a spinal tap. 585 00:32:52,996 --> 00:32:54,581 It'll show that Mr. Miller has anthrax. 586 00:32:54,607 --> 00:32:56,525 But first start him on Cipro, right now. 587 00:32:56,551 --> 00:32:57,713 I'll get a doctor. 588 00:32:57,739 --> 00:33:00,338 Once we have you on antibiotics, you should be okay. 589 00:33:00,364 --> 00:33:02,150 There are others, you know, 590 00:33:03,010 --> 00:33:04,826 who've been sick all of a sudden. 591 00:33:04,852 --> 00:33:06,572 Yeah. Yeah. We know. 592 00:33:06,598 --> 00:33:08,541 Just give me one minute, okay? 593 00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:13,158 Ryker, I found him. We caught it just in time. 594 00:33:13,184 --> 00:33:14,408 No, we didn't. 595 00:33:14,603 --> 00:33:16,455 I just found Joe Curseen. 596 00:33:16,603 --> 00:33:18,119 He works with Louis. 597 00:33:18,372 --> 00:33:20,461 He passed out in church yesterday. 598 00:33:20,487 --> 00:33:23,012 By the time he got to the hospital, it was already too late. 599 00:33:23,090 --> 00:33:24,314 He's dead. 600 00:33:28,474 --> 00:33:30,494 All right, thanks. 601 00:33:41,985 --> 00:33:45,606 My breathing is labored and my chest feels constricted. 602 00:33:45,632 --> 00:33:47,588 I am getting air, but just to get up 603 00:33:47,614 --> 00:33:49,228 and walk and what have you. 604 00:33:49,254 --> 00:33:50,924 I feel like I might just pass out. 605 00:33:50,950 --> 00:33:53,549 And you said you work at the post office? Which one? 606 00:33:53,575 --> 00:33:55,994 The post office downtown, Brentwood Road. 607 00:33:56,020 --> 00:33:59,549 They never let us know if that thing had anthrax or not. 608 00:33:59,619 --> 00:34:01,853 The doctor thought it was just a virus or something, 609 00:34:01,879 --> 00:34:04,111 so I was taking aspirin for the achiness. 610 00:34:04,259 --> 00:34:06,830 But now there's the shortness of breath. 611 00:34:08,181 --> 00:34:11,338 The person who called 911 was one of your employees. 612 00:34:11,982 --> 00:34:13,196 Is he okay? 613 00:34:13,222 --> 00:34:14,527 Thomas Morris, 614 00:34:14,865 --> 00:34:16,111 he's dead. 615 00:34:17,229 --> 00:34:18,915 So is Joe Curseen. 616 00:34:22,234 --> 00:34:23,619 I don't know what to say. 617 00:34:23,713 --> 00:34:25,538 Well, maybe there's a reason the workers here 618 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:27,314 call this place "The Plantation." 619 00:34:27,340 --> 00:34:28,892 Look, I shut the machines down 620 00:34:28,918 --> 00:34:31,345 and started closing the place up after you left here. 621 00:34:32,275 --> 00:34:35,197 My heart goes out to them, their families. 622 00:34:35,223 --> 00:34:38,330 Your team knew there could be anthrax here multiple shifts ago. 623 00:34:38,356 --> 00:34:40,384 We were assured it wasn't a problem. 624 00:34:40,463 --> 00:34:42,562 I was following orders, trusting the people 625 00:34:42,588 --> 00:34:44,386 who are supposed to know more about this. 626 00:34:44,473 --> 00:34:45,985 "Supposed to" doesn't mean anything 627 00:34:46,011 --> 00:34:47,796 to the people who have lost someone. 628 00:35:04,493 --> 00:35:05,943 It's pretty straightforward. 629 00:35:05,969 --> 00:35:07,779 We examined the powder from the Daschle letter 630 00:35:07,805 --> 00:35:11,256 under an electron microscope which can magnify up to 2,000 times 631 00:35:11,381 --> 00:35:14,460 identified the augmentation and presence on a molecular level. 632 00:35:14,523 --> 00:35:16,147 Layman's terms. 633 00:35:16,447 --> 00:35:18,162 I'll have to spell it out for them. 634 00:35:18,436 --> 00:35:20,795 We found that something had been added to the spores. 635 00:35:20,821 --> 00:35:23,172 And based on your expertise in anthrax, 636 00:35:23,326 --> 00:35:25,823 how certain are you about what that substance is? 637 00:35:25,849 --> 00:35:27,012 Bentonite? 638 00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:28,506 100%. 639 00:35:29,182 --> 00:35:30,678 Will they know what that means? 640 00:35:30,725 --> 00:35:32,816 They might not understand microbiology, 641 00:35:32,842 --> 00:35:35,045 but they've read enough intelligence briefings. 642 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:38,475 There's only one country we know of that's added bentonite to anthrax. 643 00:35:38,501 --> 00:35:39,600 Iraq. 644 00:35:44,545 --> 00:35:46,199 You're not answering your phone. 645 00:35:46,692 --> 00:35:48,564 I hadn't slept since New York. 646 00:35:50,678 --> 00:35:52,585 I haven't eaten. Do you mind? 647 00:35:52,672 --> 00:35:55,061 No, make yourself right at home. 648 00:35:56,816 --> 00:35:58,451 Not exactly a meal. 649 00:36:01,287 --> 00:36:02,975 This is cozy. 650 00:36:04,063 --> 00:36:06,709 Well, I spend a lot of time on the road. 651 00:36:07,388 --> 00:36:09,420 Sorry, I'm a little late. It's just... 652 00:36:09,685 --> 00:36:12,220 I have a, a dinner date tonight and then 653 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:15,490 I have a family birthday thing that totally slipped my mind, 654 00:36:15,785 --> 00:36:19,529 kind of a two birds with one stone situation. 655 00:36:20,345 --> 00:36:21,781 Who's the lucky girl? 656 00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:24,670 Is she the stone or one of the birds? 657 00:36:25,679 --> 00:36:27,388 What are you doing here again? 658 00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:30,405 They found a hot drum full of mail, 659 00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:32,233 led them to another anthrax letter. 660 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,061 It's the one we think infected Browning. 661 00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:35,404 Who was the target? 662 00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:37,240 Senator Leahy. 663 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:38,897 Leahy. 664 00:36:39,451 --> 00:36:41,201 Judiciary Committee. 665 00:36:41,764 --> 00:36:43,940 Why wasn't it in the mail from his office? 666 00:36:44,027 --> 00:36:46,863 The postal machine misread the handwritten zip code, 667 00:36:46,889 --> 00:36:48,343 so it ended up unopened, 668 00:36:48,369 --> 00:36:50,462 way down at the State Department building. 669 00:36:50,643 --> 00:36:52,890 Which is a very good thing, because it had triple 670 00:36:52,916 --> 00:36:55,884 the amount of powder than the Daschle letter. 671 00:36:56,196 --> 00:36:58,590 That's enough spores to kill thousands of people. 672 00:36:59,111 --> 00:37:00,627 No other hot spots? 673 00:37:00,822 --> 00:37:03,158 No, not that they found so far. 674 00:37:03,525 --> 00:37:06,791 So then why target Daschle and Leahy 675 00:37:07,227 --> 00:37:08,619 and then no one else? 676 00:37:08,752 --> 00:37:10,314 Two Democratic Senators 677 00:37:10,340 --> 00:37:12,882 both needed to push the Patriot Act through. 678 00:37:12,969 --> 00:37:15,407 Since when does Al-Qaeda care about our internal politics? 679 00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:16,670 Is that what you're implying? 680 00:37:16,696 --> 00:37:18,873 I'm not implying. It's just a fact. 681 00:37:18,899 --> 00:37:21,207 This is the perfect storm for a copycat 682 00:37:21,233 --> 00:37:24,365 after thousands of hoax letters over the past few months. 683 00:37:24,874 --> 00:37:27,833 Clumsily we're just throwing the blame on Al-Qaeda. 684 00:37:31,115 --> 00:37:32,641 Uncle Matty! 685 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:34,382 Hello, you. 686 00:37:34,483 --> 00:37:36,842 Happy birthday, girl! How are you? 687 00:37:36,868 --> 00:37:39,389 - Good. - Yeah? All right. 688 00:37:39,431 --> 00:37:41,299 Hey, I like you to meet my friend, 689 00:37:41,325 --> 00:37:42,251 - Sheila. - Hi. 690 00:37:42,277 --> 00:37:44,056 Hi, happy birthday. 691 00:37:44,566 --> 00:37:46,049 Look what I have. 692 00:37:46,075 --> 00:37:48,174 - Look what I have here for a special someone. - Is it for me? 693 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:49,469 It is for you. 694 00:37:49,495 --> 00:37:50,773 - Would you like it now? - Yes. 695 00:37:50,799 --> 00:37:52,633 All right. Go ahead. Take it. 696 00:37:52,659 --> 00:37:54,010 Thank you. 697 00:37:55,339 --> 00:37:57,930 Valedictorian and debate captain, huh? 698 00:37:57,956 --> 00:38:00,073 Yeah, welcome to our time capsule. 699 00:38:02,715 --> 00:38:04,370 How long did your dad serve? 700 00:38:04,814 --> 00:38:06,346 About six years. 701 00:38:06,545 --> 00:38:08,394 He actually wanted to stay longer, 702 00:38:08,475 --> 00:38:09,737 but he got sick. 703 00:38:10,090 --> 00:38:12,143 Chemical exposure, had to come home. 704 00:38:12,362 --> 00:38:13,518 I'm sorry. 705 00:38:14,340 --> 00:38:16,009 He looks really happy in this picture. 706 00:38:16,299 --> 00:38:17,904 He was smiling for the photo. 707 00:38:17,991 --> 00:38:20,221 It's my Mattie! 708 00:38:20,409 --> 00:38:21,409 Hi, mom. 709 00:38:21,435 --> 00:38:23,167 Hello, sweetheart. 710 00:38:23,464 --> 00:38:25,948 - Hey, you. - Come on here, loser. 711 00:38:27,174 --> 00:38:30,159 Jenny, Mom, I would love you to meet Sheila Willis. 712 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,396 - Hi, Sheila. - Hi, nice to meet you. 713 00:38:31,422 --> 00:38:32,771 So nice to meet you. 714 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,234 Thank you for inviting me. 715 00:38:34,349 --> 00:38:36,531 We just, we're dropping by on our way to dinner. 716 00:38:36,557 --> 00:38:38,185 Come on now, we have plenty of food. 717 00:38:38,211 --> 00:38:40,074 Actually, we have a reservation. 718 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,680 That's totally enough time to get to know her. 719 00:38:44,496 --> 00:38:46,802 You'll have to come over for dinner. 720 00:38:47,555 --> 00:38:49,328 I'd like that. Thank you. 721 00:38:49,354 --> 00:38:52,000 - So how long have you two been seeing each other? - Hey, I have an idea. 722 00:38:52,026 --> 00:38:54,594 How about we save the third degree until after cake? 723 00:38:54,728 --> 00:38:55,836 Come on back. 724 00:38:55,862 --> 00:38:58,359 - We're about to play pin-the-tail-on-the Shrek. - Okay. 725 00:38:58,385 --> 00:39:00,844 Which means copious amounts of wine. 726 00:39:00,961 --> 00:39:02,332 I like copious. 727 00:39:04,834 --> 00:39:06,656 - Hey. - Hey. 728 00:39:09,945 --> 00:39:13,394 There are rumors circulating D.C. about a possible war in... 729 00:39:13,687 --> 00:39:14,986 Sorry I missed your game. 730 00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:17,524 Didn't miss much. We got our asses handed to us. 731 00:39:17,776 --> 00:39:19,914 Dad thinks we need a new coach. 732 00:39:20,473 --> 00:39:22,188 You heard from him this week? 733 00:39:22,917 --> 00:39:25,703 Called from the base. Said there's talk. 734 00:39:25,816 --> 00:39:28,102 Maybe they're going to get deployed to Iraq. 735 00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:33,672 If we go after Saddam, will we even get Al-Qaeda? 736 00:39:33,928 --> 00:39:35,789 All the terrorists who did all this? 737 00:39:40,419 --> 00:39:42,258 Your dad's gonna be okay. 738 00:39:43,085 --> 00:39:45,000 Is that what they train you to tell us? 739 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,308 Two more victims have died of anthrax exposure. 740 00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,804 Ottilie Lundgren and Kathy Nguyen. 741 00:40:00,830 --> 00:40:02,976 Their cases are particularly troubling 742 00:40:03,002 --> 00:40:05,981 as they have no connection to the media, politics, 743 00:40:06,007 --> 00:40:07,796 or the U.S. Postal Service, 744 00:40:07,883 --> 00:40:10,405 which have so far been the targets. 745 00:40:10,431 --> 00:40:12,426 _ 746 00:40:12,452 --> 00:40:14,560 _ 747 00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:16,741 So you heard about Lundgren and Nguyen? 748 00:40:16,767 --> 00:40:19,101 You're thinking cross contamination? 749 00:40:19,499 --> 00:40:21,418 I just found out that Lundgren 750 00:40:21,444 --> 00:40:23,819 had a letter that went through the DBCS machine 751 00:40:23,845 --> 00:40:26,310 at Brentwood 15 seconds after Leahy's. 752 00:40:26,336 --> 00:40:27,747 Well, your hunch was right. 753 00:40:27,773 --> 00:40:30,083 And that powder was so fine, it just blasted itself 754 00:40:30,109 --> 00:40:32,616 all through those machines, so it makes sense. 755 00:40:35,302 --> 00:40:37,826 So tell me more about your lone wolf theory. 756 00:40:39,753 --> 00:40:41,554 Finally coming to your senses? 757 00:40:41,799 --> 00:40:43,866 My senses aren't in question. 758 00:40:44,343 --> 00:40:45,540 I'm just curious. 759 00:40:45,595 --> 00:40:46,640 Okay. 760 00:40:46,666 --> 00:40:49,265 I've been working with our handwriting analyst. 761 00:40:49,403 --> 00:40:52,426 We believe that the sender tried to disguise his writing 762 00:40:52,452 --> 00:40:54,280 with this block lettering. 763 00:40:54,679 --> 00:40:56,903 Now, this is a penmanship style that was taught 764 00:40:56,937 --> 00:41:01,031 to American schoolchildren from the 1940s through the 1960s. 765 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:02,721 American, born and raised. 766 00:41:02,808 --> 00:41:05,201 Next up is this "take penicillin" bit. 767 00:41:05,288 --> 00:41:07,864 Somebody knows enough to reference a specific antibiotic, 768 00:41:07,890 --> 00:41:09,593 but they don't know how to spell it? 769 00:41:09,655 --> 00:41:12,382 And why would Al-Qaeda warn their victims anyways? 770 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:14,458 So "Allah is Great" was a misdirect, 771 00:41:14,484 --> 00:41:15,934 to put the focus on foreigners? 772 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,030 Probably. 773 00:41:17,085 --> 00:41:18,849 All signs point to our perp 774 00:41:18,875 --> 00:41:21,176 being a highly educated American citizen 775 00:41:21,202 --> 00:41:22,958 with scientific expertise. 776 00:41:23,045 --> 00:41:24,778 Most likely works in isolation, 777 00:41:24,804 --> 00:41:26,309 suffers from mental illness. 778 00:41:26,396 --> 00:41:28,489 Someone spurred by 9/11, 779 00:41:28,515 --> 00:41:30,895 which is why the first letters bore that date, 780 00:41:30,921 --> 00:41:32,620 despite being mailed later. 781 00:41:32,707 --> 00:41:34,390 I drew up this profile to send 782 00:41:34,416 --> 00:41:36,702 to the American Society of Microbiology. 783 00:41:36,728 --> 00:41:40,351 I suspect one of their members knows 784 00:41:41,132 --> 00:41:43,335 or is the anthrax mailer. 785 00:41:47,077 --> 00:41:49,202 It's risky, tipping off a suspect. 786 00:41:49,228 --> 00:41:52,249 Or it's a very smart way to smoke him out. 787 00:41:53,437 --> 00:41:55,606 - How many members are there? - 30,000. 788 00:41:55,632 --> 00:41:56,716 And if we get any hits, 789 00:41:56,742 --> 00:41:58,622 we send field agents out to do interviews. 790 00:41:58,648 --> 00:42:01,211 The Bureau's interest is squarely on terrorists, I doubt... 791 00:42:01,237 --> 00:42:03,896 I sent it through my own channels already. 792 00:42:07,537 --> 00:42:10,154 _ 793 00:42:14,756 --> 00:42:17,443 _ 794 00:42:17,469 --> 00:42:20,232 _ 795 00:42:20,258 --> 00:42:22,946 _ 796 00:42:31,967 --> 00:42:34,474 _ 797 00:42:34,500 --> 00:42:37,030 _ 798 00:42:45,310 --> 00:42:49,482 _ 799 00:42:51,394 --> 00:42:52,755 Evening, Colonel. 800 00:42:52,781 --> 00:42:54,740 Got a call from the Hill to commend you. 801 00:42:54,927 --> 00:42:56,909 I was just doing my job, sir. 802 00:42:56,935 --> 00:42:58,646 Your name's come up for commendations. 803 00:42:58,672 --> 00:43:01,271 I wouldn't be surprised to see you decorated one of these days. 804 00:43:01,297 --> 00:43:03,802 You did a real service for your country, Dr. Ivins. 805 00:43:05,435 --> 00:43:06,474 Well... 806 00:43:07,038 --> 00:43:09,255 that means a lot to me, sir. 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