Pressure Grows for F.B.I. to Show Anthrax Evidence

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/washington/05anthrax.html?hp

After four years of painstaking scientific research, the F.B.I. by 2005 had traced the anthrax in the poisoned letters of 2001 to a single flask of the bacteria at the Army biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., according to government scientists and bureau officials.

But at least 10 scientists had regular access to the laboratory and its anthrax stock — and possibly quite a few more, counting visitors from other institutions, and workers at laboratories in Ohio and New Mexico that had received anthrax samples from the flask at the Army laboratory.

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As the investigation wore on, some colleagues thought the F.B.I.’s methods were increasingly coercive, as the agency tried to turn Army scientists against one another and reinterviewed family members.

One former colleague, Dr. W. Russell Byrne, said the agents pressed Dr. Ivins’s daughter repeatedly to acknowledge that her father was involved in the attacks.

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Dr. Byrne said he believed Dr. Ivins was singled out partly because of his personal weaknesses. “They figured he was the weakest link,” Dr. Byrne said. “If they had real evidence on him, why did they not just arrest him?”

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1. They MUST disclose this evidence ASAP

They have essentially smeared a man's name in public. They must show their evidence or apologize. It's not really that complicated.

[proud patriot]

2. good

:)

[Lint Head]

3. Give them time. It takes time to manufacture evidence.

It takes longer to manufacture it than destroy it. :dem: