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| View Larger Image | Analyzing The Anthrax Attacks
by Edward G. Lake
| | List Price: | $19.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 604503 | | Studio: | Edward G. Lake | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 272 | | Publication Date: | March 01, 2005 | | Publisher: | Edward G. Lake |
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Book Description
How could so many people be so wrong about the anthrax attacks of 2001? This book explains how. Using published scientific data confirmed via one-on-one discussions with America's top anthrax experts, this book shows that simple laboratory mistakes made in the first days of the investigation were leaked to the media before they could be corrected and led to wild conspiracy theories which dominated discussion of the case for the next three years. Totally erroneous information has been accepted as "fact", and attempts to correct the errors have become accepted as attempts to cover up a conspiracy. The book shows example after example of how a careful examination of the available evidence totally disproves popular misconceptions about the case. Plus, errors by the CDC, the FBI, the New York Department of Health, and other govenment agencies have never been publicly corrected and continue to mislead people. The book provides a careful scientific analysis of the anthrax attacks of 2001. Details about the letters and envelopes are carefully examined. The nature of the anthrax and how it was handled are carefully studied. Bad information is traced to its source, and the effect of the errors are carefully documented step by step. The book lays out detail by detail, fact by fact, as it builds a description of events that is totally at odds with the way the case has been depicted in the media today. Filled with fascinating details which often boggle the mind, the book is intended to make the reader reconsider all prior thinking about the case. The book concludes that it is an absolute certainty that the person behind the anthrax attacks of 2001 will be more easily brought to justice if the scientific evidence is carefully examined by more people in the scientific community, instead of simply relying upon rumor, speculation, innuendo and baseless conspiracy theories, as has been the situation to date. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 10 reviews)
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Terrible! Avoid at all costs! 
Edward Lake's Analyzing The Anthrax Attacks is the worst book I have ever voluntarily read. [...] Beginning with the absurd, rambling explanation for writing the book, every page reveals such rich ineptitude in thinking and writing that its 250 or so pages feel endless.
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Readers of the book are subjected to a bizarre self-ego-gratification trip by the author in which he makes the ridiculous claim that thousands of FBI agents, reporters, journalists, medical doctors and scientists all made repeated errors in the case. [...] However, other than endlessly repeating that there is some undisclosed conspiracy belief at work amongst the media, military and medical profession, he offers absolutely nothing to advance the case.
For some reason or another, Mr. Lake seems to persistently hold onto the belief that a major breakthrough in the anthrax case is always right around the corner. I expect that ten years from now he'll probably be last guy on the face of the earth who still believes that an actual arrest is just a few weeks away.
This book is a vanity publication. The author himself paid a publisher to print and bind his offering, thus the editorial standards are zero.
There's nothing worthwhile here that you can't learn for free simply by perusing the www.anthraxinvestigation.com website. The next time you go to Vegas you can take the money you saved, go to the roulette table, and put the money on number Zero, which is the actual number of stars the book really deserves.
Don't waste your time reading this confused drivel and don't make the mistake of buying a copy.
May 06, 2005 | |
an interminable mega-bore
If I had to live my life all over again I'd do it all exactly the same, only I wouldn't read Edward Lake's "Analyzing The Anthrax Attacks".
This book brings a new meaning to the word awful. Reading a book you cannot abide but have forced yourself to read because of your interest in the topic can make you feel as though you're chained to a madman or dining with a monster of solipsistic preciousness. The book has bascially two parts - one part is the ranting pretension of the author - the other is his fuming incomprehension.
I forced myself to the end, hoping there would be something new concerning the anthrax case - anything. It was an exercise in futility on my part, much as it was an exercise in futility in the writing of this work of nonsense.
April 22, 2005 | |
Lake's book is fascinating 
I think Ed Lake's "Analyzing the Anthrax Attacks" is a must-read for anyone interested in the unsolved anthrax terrorist attacks of 2001. It's thoughtful, intensely and passionately researched and argued, and intelligently probing about the mysterious events. Lake brings a wealth of detailed factual knowledge to his acccount. He comes to provocative conclusions that not everyone will agree with. He is critical of the media and of scientists for speculating too much--and he occasionally takes issue with my book, The Demon in the Freezer--but, hey, so what? We in the media ought to be able to handle criticism just the way we dish it out. I think Lake's thought and work deserve to be taken seriously. We can only hope that one day this horrendous crime will be solved and the perpetrator or perpetrators brought to justice. Lake's book should serve to remind federal authorities, and all of us, that there has so far been no justice delivered for the lives of ordinary people lost in this heinous act of terrorism.
April 06, 2005 | |
The anthrax letters - not worth reading
This book is really awful [...]
This was the second book I had read on the anthrax letters. The first one I read was by Marilyn Thompson. Thompson's book is in a different league than the one by Lake. Thompson has real sources and you can tell that she researched the subject thoroughly. I think Lake made most of his analysis up and he seems to have a hidden agenda of some kind. His writing style is particularly awful.
April 02, 2005 | |
Best written review of a complex investigation
Highly recommended for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of the complex investigation into the Anthrax attacks of 2001. Ed Lakes does a yeoman's job in compiling all that can be known about the investigation from hundreds of open source documents.
Mr. Lake also presents a working hypothesis of who the criminal(s) behind the attacks might be. His theory relies almost entirely on media reports and scientific discussion of the case, rather than the type of wild speculation others often resort to. You might disagree with his conclusions, but you'll find them difficult to debate without straying from the confines of what is really known about the case.
This book will also be fascinating to anyone who is interested in the new breed of journalism evolving from the web. Ed Lake is part blogger, part amateur sleuth, and part journalist.
His methods ofen involve combing through hundreds of open source articles about part of the case, looking for unique quotes, local angles, or other under-reported details. Then he combines those details to infer things that the mainstream media might have missed. It's a textbook for the new journalist, and should be required reading for researchers.
Also unique is that Mr. Lake gives permission for his critics to say, "I told you so", if his theory about the case is later proven wrong. You may disagree with his hypothesis, but it's hard to argue with his passion for the case.
An insightful book into one of the most important criminal cases in American History.
March 15, 2005 | |
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