. . LUBBOCK, Texas - Attorneys for a Texas Tech University professor accused of sparking a bioterrorism scare involving missing vials of plague bacteria will probably try to "push a Waco button" and seek jurors hostile to the government, jury selection experts say.
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"In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," recorded hours before the gag order was issued, Butler said FBI agents tricked him into saying he had destroyed the vials so they could calm public fears and close the case. Butler said agents told him he would not be charged.
One former FBI special agent, however, said that's not how agents handle interviews.
"You can use deception and guile in an interrogation, but you can't make any promises about prosecution," said former FBI Associate Deputy Director Oliver "Buck" Revell. "
FBI wouldn't fib to us - would they ??