“Fortunately it was a hoax and there was no damage other than inconvenience done, but we need to be better prepared.”
Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney
“It was taken very seriously. There was no way of knowing it was a hoax. It had to be treated as if it were anthrax or some other poison.”
LaRae Quy
“It was a complete hoax.”
Ed Loyd
“It was found to be a hoax device.”
Alan Etter
“a hoax about a hoax.”
Clifford Irving
“The whole thing could be a hoax, or just some old tapes of Bush debating Ann Richards.”
Ari Fleischer
“was a hoax. I don't believe we could have such centers given the level of transparency. It would be impossible to keep a thing like this secret. You could have one or two people but not a large number. It is extremely unlikely.”
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
