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Anthrax Expert Could Have Cashed In on Panic

Ivins had share in patents for a vaccine

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 2, 2008 8:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – Bruce Ivins, the government scientist linked to the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings who committed suicide this week, stood to profit from a panic set off by the killings, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ivins, who was close to being charged by the FBI when he...   Read full story »

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