Justices: Suit Against Times Can Proceed (Steven Hatfill)

[Eugene]

Justices: Suit Against Times Can Proceed


Monday March 27, 2006 4:31 PM

By GINA HOLLAND

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to block a defamation lawsuit
against The New York Times over columns that linked a former Army scientist to the 2001
anthrax killings.

Authorities have never solved the mysterious mailing of anthrax-laced letters that killed
five people and sickened 17 not long after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Steven Hatfill, a physician and bioterrorism expert, was labeled a "person of interest"
by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, although he was never charged and has since sued
Ashcroft and others.

A federal judge had thrown out Hatfill's lawsuit against The New York Times over 2002 columns
by writer Nicholas Kristof that faulted the FBI for failing to thoroughly investigate Hatfill.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the suit, and the Supreme Court declined
without comment to take up the case.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5713917,00.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. WHAT? no report from the NYT?

Have to admit, I cancelled my subscription to it.

What does it say about MSM when we get more news about America from outside our borders?

[Ian David]

2. Do you think Steven Hatfill and Richard Jewell are drinking buddies now?

Richard Jewell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard Jewell (born November 17, 1962) was a central figure in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Jewell, working as a private security guard, discovered a pipe bomb, alerted police, and helped to evacuate the area before it went off. Initially hailed in the media as a hero, Jewell later emerged as a suspect, and was subsequently pilloried in the media before eventually being completely cleared.

His name is now considered synonymous with false accusations of guilt, especially in the media.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell