By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Steven Hatfill, the scientist wrongfully accused of being the anthrax killer, is apparently working to repair his damaged image and has decided to break his silence. The Atlantic magazine has put a teaser on its website indicating that it plans to publish a story on Friday in which Hatfill,…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — Just weeks before government scientist Bruce Ivins’ suicide, a grand jury was convening on the third floor of the federal courthouse, near the U.S. Capitol, looking into the 2001 anthrax murders. Things weren’t looking good for Ivins, the only suspect in the case. It was July 2008….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Not everyone is buying into the FBI’s findings that scientist Bruce Ivins was the anthrax killer — including his supervisor. The Frederick News Post in Frederick, Md., where Ivins worked at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, reports that Ivins’ supervisor Jeffrey Adamovicz wasn’t impressed with the FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired off a letter to the Wall Street Journal disputing a guest column which questioned the FBI’s conclusion that scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the deadly anthrax attacks in 2001. The column concluded that Ivins was in all likelihood not the real culprit. “Monday’s opinion…
Suspect Bruce Ivins Bruce Ivins was named the sole suspect, but not everyone is convinced of that. The question is will the review of the science in the case shed some light on Ivins? It would be nice if it did. By Dan Vergano USA TODAY WASHINGTON — A year and a day after the…
One year after scientist Bruce Ivins killed himself, the department is trying to close up the case. But there are still some folks who believe that Ivins was not the culprit. Is this one of those cases that will continue to produce conspiracy theories that go far beyond this one scientist? Suspect Bruce Ivins By…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Nine months after the real suspect in the anthrax killings committed suicide, there are still plenty unanswered questions as to why the FBI let its top investigator on the case focus for so long on the wrong guy, Steven Hatfill, even after some investigators and prosecutors expressed serious skepticism…
