Rush Holt "Sends" FBI a Letter About Anthrax Investigation - But "Forgets" to Mail it

New Jersey's brainy Representative - Rush Holt (D) sent the FBI a letter on September 27,2006 - (sort of.)

What he seems to have done is issue a press statement-saying he was sending the Director of the FBI a letter, demanding a special,personal briefing.

The FBI's investigation, he added, should have taken days - not years.

The FBI responded the following day : "Yesterday the FBI received media inquiries relating to a letter from you to FBI Director Mueller,regarding the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Unfortunately, we were unable to respond to the media because we were unaware of,and had not received any such letter from you.After contacting your staff,we were able to receive a copy, and are now able to respond to your inquiries.We will also provide a copy of our response to the media."

Did Rush Holt "forget" to send the letter, or did he seize upon the approaching 5th anniversary of the Anthrax attacks of 2001 to do a little grandstanding : knowing full well he was setting up the Director of the FBI for a basic "ambush interview" ?

The media did carry the FBI's response , but skipped over the FBI's rather tart notation Mr. Holt had received briefings in 2002,2003,2004,and 2005...