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anthrax stories: 34 news summaries

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Ivins Borrowed Anthrax-Drying Machine

Device was made to render spore powder from culture samples

Aug 5, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The government’s lead suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Bruce Ivins, borrowed a device from his Army bioweapons lab designed to turn germ cultures into dry powder, the Washington Post reports. The machine, known as a lyopholizer, was not commonly borrowed, and had to have been formally checked out—... More »

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anthrax • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

FBI's Methods Questioned in Anthrax Search

Used intimidation to home in on 'weakest link,' some argue

Aug 5, 08 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pressure is mounting for the FBI to publicly explain why its 2001 anthrax investigation focused on scientist Bruce Ivins, reports the New York Times, as some question the bureau's methods. Ivins simply “looked the most susceptible to pressure,” insisted one scientist. Bureau officials say they will make details... More »

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FBI • federal investigation • anthrax • intimidation • Bruce Ivins

Anthrax Suspect Was Obsessed With Sorority

Link to Kappa Kappa Gamma helps explain some puzzling details

Aug 4, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(AP) - The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was fixated on a sorority that has a chapter within 100 yards of the New Jersey mailbox from which the toxin-laced letters were sent, the AP reports. Federal officials say scientist Bruce Ivins had been obsessed with Kappa Kappa Gamma since his... More »

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sororities • anthrax • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism • Fort Detrick • Kappa Kappa Gamma

 DNA Links Scientist
 to Anthrax Attacks

Anthrax traced to flask in Ivins' Maryland lab

Aug 4, 08 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators have DNA evidence that links biodefense expert Bruce Ivins to the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, but the case is largely circumstantial, the New York Times reports. Prosecutors have linked the anthrax used in mailings targeting news networks, newspapers, and Congress with a flask used by Ivins at his Maryland... More »

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anthrax • DNA evidence • 9/11 attacks • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism • Fort Detrick • US Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases • biodefense

Is Bioresearch Making Us
Less Safe?

Scientist's suicide highlights easy access to burgeoning field

Aug 3, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bruce Ivins was one of a handful of scientists with access to deadly agents of biowarfare—until the 2001 anthrax attacks in which he was suspected. In the wake of the researcher's suicide, the New York Times takes a look at the nation’s bioterror infrastructure—which has ballooned in... More »

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research • anthrax • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

Mad Anthrax Scientist Plotted to Kill Peers in 'Blaze of Glory'

Ivins a homicidal sociopath: therapist 

Aug 3, 08 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Maryland scientist linked to the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings who committed suicide last week had a “detailed homicidal plan” to kill his co-workers, his therapist testified. Bruce Ivins was diagnosed as a “sociopathic, homicidal killer” by several psychiatrists, she told a judge July 24, in seeking a... More »

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suicide • FBI • crime • anthrax • murder plot • Bruce Ivins

Anthrax Expert Could Have Cashed In on Panic

Ivins had share in patents for a vaccine

Aug 2, 08 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 killed himself, was listed as... More »

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vaccine • anthrax • biological weapons • motive • Bruce Ivins

Anthrax Suspect Was Eccentric, Respected

Colleagues say scientist was innocent; others recall dark side

Aug 1, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bruce Ivins, the government scientist who committed suicide this week as FBI investigators working the case of the 2001 anthrax attacks were closing in, was known as a quiet, introverted researcher, the Washington Post reports. One ex-colleague described him as "a well-respected scientist” although he “always seemed on... More »

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suicide • FBI • indictment • infectious diseases • scientist • anthrax • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

Feds Were Closing In on Anthrax Expert

They planned to indict, seek death penalty;
scientist killed himself

Aug 1, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Army microbiologist Bruce Ivins hadn’t killed himself, he might have been executed. Federal prosecutors were on the verge of indicting Ivins in the 2001 anthrax mail attacks that killed five people, and they would have sought the death penalty, the AP reports. One official says an ongoing grand... More »

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suicide • FBI • scientist • anthrax • biological weapons • Bruce Ivins

Anthrax Case Scientist Commits Suicide

Microbiologist took
drug overdose as investigators closed in

Aug 1, 08 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A government scientist in Maryland about to be charged in the 2001 anthrax attacks has apparently committed suicide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Microbiologist Bruce Ivins was questioned after the attacks for failing to report anthrax contamination at his workplace, but the investigation soon switched focus. Colleagues say Ivins became... More »

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suicide • FBI • scientist • anthrax • biological weapons • Steven Hatfill

Ex-Army Doc to Get $5.8M in Anthrax Case

Feds settle with Hatfill, once named 'person of interest' in attacks

Jun 27, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department will pay nearly $6 million to an ex-Army scientist for naming him in an anthrax probe 7 years ago, the AP reports. The feds settled out of court today for calling Steven Hatfill a "person of interest" in the still-unsolved case, but continued to "deny... More »

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Department of Justice • September 11 • reporter • settlement • anthrax • invasion of privacy • Steven Hatfill

Reporter Held in Contempt in Anthrax Story

Fine reaches $5K a day
until she discloses source

Mar 8, 08 7:16 AM CST
(Newser) - A judge yesterday held a former USA Today reporter in contempt of court for refusing to disclose her sources in stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks, the AP reports. He also ordered her to pay daily fines reaching $5,000 out of her own pocket until she cooperates . The reporter... More »

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John Ashcroft • September 11 • journalism • anthrax • journalistic ethics • Steven J. Hatfill • Toni Locy

Doctor Sues
3 Officials in Anthrax Case

Claims they leaked
info, caused 'severe emotional distress'

Jan 13, 08 5:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A former army doctor identified as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks is suing three US officials for leaking information about him, the Los Angeles Times reports. In his five-year-old suit, physician Steven Hatfill claims the case caused him "severe emotional distress" and hindered his... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • FBI • John Ashcroft • physician • lawsuit • doctor • District of Columbia • anthrax • steven hatfill

Anthrax Probe Finds
US ‘Poorly Prepared’

Security firm says new vaccine, better detection needed

Nov 14, 07 4:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The US is ill equipped to deal with anthrax threats, a consulting firm said today, and must improve vaccines, drugs for victims of exposure and detection methods. The group, which includes a former CIA director, used several outbreak scenarios—in subways, movie theaters, theme parks and the Oscars—to illustrate... More »

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Congress • CIA • vaccine • Department of Homeland Security • anthrax • biological warfare

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