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Source: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/02/16/ivans
Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 06:17 ET
Serious doubt cast on FBI's anthrax case against Bruce Ivans
By Glenn Greenwald
For years, the FBI believed that it had identified the perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks -- former Army researcher Steven Hatfill -- only to be forced to acknowledge that he wasn't involved and then pay him $5.8 million for the damage he suffered from those false accusations. In late July, 2008, the FBI announced that, this time, it had identified the Real Perpetrator: Army researcher Bruce Ivins, who had just committed suicide as a result of being subjected to an intense FBI investigation. Ivins' suicide meant that the FBI's allegations would never be tested in a court of law...
Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 06:17 ET
Serious doubt cast on FBI's anthrax case against Bruce Ivans
By Glenn Greenwald
For years, the FBI believed that it had identified the perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks -- former Army researcher Steven Hatfill -- only to be forced to acknowledge that he wasn't involved and then pay him $5.8 million for the damage he suffered from those false accusations. In late July, 2008, the FBI announced that, this time, it had identified the Real Perpetrator: Army researcher Bruce Ivins, who had just committed suicide as a result of being subjected to an intense FBI investigation. Ivins' suicide meant that the FBI's allegations would never be tested in a court of law...