Judge decides to make anthrax records public

[douglas9]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge decided on Monday to make public sealed court records relating to a former U.S. Army scientist who initially was named as a person of interest in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks and later cleared.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Royce Lamberth ruled in favor of The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times newspapers, which sought the search warrants and other related documents involving Steven Hatfill.

FBI investigators initially focused for years on Hatfill. He was never charged and the Justice Department agreed in June to pay him $5.85 million to settle his lawsuit claiming government officials had violated his privacy rights.

The FBI and Justice Department said in August that another U.S. Army scientist, Bruce Ivins, an anthrax expert who killed himself in July, was solely responsible for mailing the anthrax-laced letters to politicians and news organizations shortly after the September 11 attacks.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4AG5MK20081117?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

[4lbs]

1. Score one for FOIA.

n/t

[Demeter]

2. One More Loose End Coming Unravelled

Who needs theater, when we have BushCo coming unglued? It will be like Watergate all over again.

[1monster]

4. Watergate was like a child stealing a candy bar at the checkout compared to

what has gone on the past eight years...

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Won't this be fun.

[sonias]

5. Truthiness is good for America

Way to go Judge Royce Lamberth!

:applause:


Sonia

[leveymg]

6. The FBI affidavits in support of the Hatfill warrants should make interesting reading,

Inquiring minds, and all that.

[liberalla]

7. Oh boy, this is going to be quite entertaining

Just in time too - can't afford movies, books, pizzas, etc.

It'll be OK as long as I have the 'internets' and CSPAN.