Anthrax: weirder and weirder

And now a bit frightening. Ivins' social worker (?) now claims that Ivins was a psychopath:

"As far back as the year 2000, the respondent has actually attempted to murder several other people, either through poisoning ... He is a revenge killer. When he feels that he's been slighted or has had — especially toward women — he plots and actually tries to carry out revenge killings," Duley [the social worker] said.

I still don't know what to think of this. If the guy was that much of a threat, you would think that his co-workers, friends and family would have noticed something, and that does not seem to be what they are saying. Quite the contrary. You would also think that the FBI in the course of one of the most intense investigations in its history might have picked up on it sooner. Say, after five years instead of seven.

So where does that leave us? Unfortunately, since the FBI doesn't want to talk about it, this case is going to be tried in the media. I don't think it will be pretty and worse, don't think it is going to produce a definitive conclusion. We may never know for sure.

On an even scarier note, I heard on the news (don't remember the source) that Ivins was supposedly going to talk with the FBI about a plea bargain. A plea bargain about what? Accomplices? Or simply a full confession in return for life without parole?