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 Suspicious Powder 
 Sent to 3 NY Consulates 

Hazmat teams clear French, Austrian, Uzbek missions

Nov 10, 09 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The FBI is seeking a suspect with an apparent grudge against the French, Austrians, and Uzbeks after envelopes containing a suspicious white powder arrived at the three nations' New York diplomatic missions yesterday. Hazardous material units were sent to the consulates and decontaminated dozens of employees. No traces of anthrax... More »

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FBI • New York City • anthrax • al-Qaeda

(Newser) - US counterterrorism officials are worried that al-Qaeda may mount a biological attack from Mexico and could even seek to collaborate with domestic terrorists, the Washington Times reports. The fears are bolstered by a February video from Kuwait al-Qaeda recruiter Abdullah al-Nafisi. In the video, Nafisi boasted that anthrax “... More »

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Mexico • Hezbollah • homeland security • Mexican border • anthrax • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • bioterrorism • Abdullah al-Nafisi

ANALYSIS

 Line by Line: Some 
 Obama Budget Cuts 


May 7, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama said today proposed budget cuts are “not a criticism of” federal workers. Still, they take a toll, from defense to education. The Washington Post takes a look at what’s being trimmed:
  • Anthrax vaccine research: The administration says the goals of the program have been
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education • Pentagon • budget cuts • anthrax • Yucca Mountain • defense • federal budget • Obama administration • defense contractors • President Obama • F-22 fighter jet • cotton • federal programs • Even Start

(Newser) - The H1N1 flu outbreak spotlights a public-health infrastructure ill suited to respond to a pandemic or its close cousin, a bioterror attack, D.A. Henderson writes for Newsweek. We must “sharpen our health-care response. Rapid diagnosis and response are critical,” he writes. The “interconnected world we... More »

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public health • epidemic • epidemiology • panic • anthrax • pandemic • bioterrorism • swine flu • scare

(Newser) - White powder mailed to executives of the Wall Street Journal and to Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz is harmless, authorities say. Authorities have no suspects or motive, but the Journal notes that Dershowitz wrote an essay for the paper earlier this month defending Israel's assault on Gaza. The Journal got a... More »

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terrorism • Wall Street Journal • Alan Dershowitz • threats • mail • Harvard • anthrax

White Powder Sent to
Wall Street Journal

More than a dozen NYC-based executives get envelopes with Tenn. postmark

Jan 21, 09 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal received more than a dozen envelopes filled with an unidentified white powder today, addressed to various New York-based executives at the newspaper. Police and hazardous-materials crews are investigating, according to a spokesman, and the floor used by paper execs and editorial-page employees has been evacuated. All... More »

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terrorism • Wall Street Journal • anthrax

Packages Sent to National Guard Prove Harmless

Anti-war CDs among the contents of deliveries to facilities in 36 states

Dec 17, 08 3:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Suspicious packages sent to National Guard and Reserve sites in 36 states turned out to be harmless expressions of First Amendment rights, federal officials say. Though initial reports suggested they contained white power, anti-war CDs were the featured delivery, the AP reports. The FBI says the packages—some postmarked from... More »

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National Guard • threats • US Embassy • anthrax • Governor's office • suspicious package

High Court Won't Hear Hatfill Suit

NY Times off the hook for columns on 2001 anthrax attacks

Dec 15, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of Steven Hatfill’s defamation suit against the New York Times, Bloomberg reports. Hatfill, who was once suspected of masterminding the 2001 anthrax attacks, has long maintained that the paper's coverage—specifically, columns by Nicholas Kristof—damaged his reputation. But... More »

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New York Times • appeal • lawsuit • defamation • anthrax • US Supreme Court • Steven Hatfill • Nicholas Kristof

Mutant Anthrax Cells Led, Slowly, to Ivins

FBI probe required inventing new type
of forensic science

Oct 27, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The anthrax poisoning case against Bruce Ivins won't be made in court, but it is compelling, the FBI says. Although the late Army scientist's lawyer dismisses the case as “heaps of innuendo,” federal records reveal a far-reaching, exhaustive investigation that required newly invented technology and depended on mutant... More »

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FBI • federal investigation • forensic science • anthrax • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

 Times Hit by 
 White Powder Scare 

Letter addressed to editorial editor

Oct 22, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York Times employee found white powder inside an envelope earlier today, prompting police to evacuate that floor, close the office lobby, and ask three workers to bag their clothing and shower, the paper's City Room reports. The letter was addressed to editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal. The... More »

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terrorism • New York Times • evacuation • Judith Miller • anthrax • New York Times building

(Newser) - Several Chase banks in Detroit and Oklahoma were evacuated today after receiving threatening letters containing white powder, the Detroit Post reports. The letters "basically indicated that the person who opened the letter was going to die" because of "an action the bank may have taken," ... More »

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letters • evacuation • anthrax • JPMorgan Chase

 Senate Grills FBI 
 on Anthrax, Ivins 

Lawmakers raise doubts that suspect acted alone

Sep 17, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senators cast strong doubts today on the FBI's conclusion that Bruce Ivins acted alone in the 2001 anthrax scare, reports the Washington Post, with many demanding a more public vetting of the investigation into America’s largest bioterror attack. "There are others out there who should be... More »

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investigation • FBI • Robert Mueller • Patrick Leahy • anthrax • DNA evidence • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

FBI Tries to Dispel Anthrax Probe Doubts

But acknowledges 'spore on a grassy knoll' sentiment

Aug 19, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI revealed unprecedented details about its investigation of army scientist Bruce Ivins yesterday in a move to counter skepticism in the scientific community. The agency laid out how it brought together top scientists from the public and private sector to trace samples of the deadly anthrax of 2001 to... More »

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FBI • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • genetic testing • Department of Defense • anthrax • National Institutes of Health • Bruce Ivins

 FBI Missed Anthrax Clues

Investigators were fixated on wrong suspect

Aug 15, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI's obsessive focus on the wrong anthrax suspect caused the agency to miss some important clues pointing to Bruce Ivins, the Los Angeles Times reports. Records of key-card swipes show that Ivins, who killed himself last month before being charged, spent hours in a "hot suite" with access... More »

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national security • investigation • FBI • anthrax • biological weapons • Steven Hatfill • Bruce Ivins

glossies

 Case Against Ivins Looking Thin

FBI evidence full of holes and contradictions

Aug 10, 08 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI's case against alleged anthrax killer Bruce Ivins is full of gaps and contradictions, Newsweek reports. Ivins is said to have sent anthrax to NBC's Tom Brokaw—but was retaliating against a reporter at ABC. He also passed a polygraph in the probe and had no anthrax in his... More »

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FBI • crime • court cases • anthrax • Tom Brokaw • Bruce Ivins

Anthrax Security Gap:
'Worse Than McDonald's'

Background checks failed to reveal  scientist's mental illness

Aug 8, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The case of anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins has raised fears about security protecting Americans from the world's deadliest germs, the Washington Post reports. The scientist thought to be behind the deadly 2001 attacks had serious mental health problems and expressed homicidal thoughts to his frightened therapist—but his supervisors at... More »

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national security • anthrax • biological weapons • Bruce Ivins • biodefense

Emails Reveal Anthrax
Scientist's Delusions

'Split personality' Ivins was being 'eaten alive inside'

Aug 7, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of emails released by the FBI reveal that scientist Bruce Ivins was losing his grip on reality long before the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the New York Times reports.  The Army scientist and anthrax suspect, who committed suicide last month, wrote to a colleague in 2000 that he... More »

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FBI • anthrax • psychiatric disorders • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

UPDATED

 Ivins Had
 Anthrax
 'Identical' to
 '01 Attack

Suspect sought to mislead FBI, released documents show

Aug 6, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(AP) - Army scientist Bruce Ivins is the sole person responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks, and he had custody of highly purified anthrax spores with "certain genetic mutations identical" to the poison that killed five people, the Justice Department says. Ivins was unable to give investigators "an adequate explanation... More »

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investigation • FBI • United States • anthrax • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

As Families
See Evidence, FBI Set to End Anthrax Probe

How feds traced attack to Ivins is key question

Aug 6, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI began releasing details of its investigation into the 2001 anthrax mail attacks to families of the victims today, the AP reports, with information to be made public within hours on judge’s orders. The agency is ready to end its probe, with sources telling the Wall Street Journal ... More »

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War on Terror • FBI • federal courts • anthrax • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

Anthrax Suspect Was on Brink Before Suicide

As feds closed in, Ivins drank, popped pills, perhaps planned to kill

Aug 6, 08 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - As FBI agents closed in on Bruce Ivins last fall, the anthrax suspect’s life was falling apart, the Washington Post reports. Ivins would sometimes drink a liter of vodka while downing sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs. He “was emailing me late at night with gobbledygook, ranting and raving,... More »

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drug abuse • anthrax • Bruce Ivins

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