March 28, 2008
FBI Looking into Four at Fort Detrick in Bioterror Investigation
What's old is new, eh? Initially fingers were pointed at an employee named Steven Hatfill, then we heard claims that Fort Detrick could not possibly be involved, we now learned that the only four remaining suspects in the Antrhax case all work there.
The FBI has narrowed its focus to "about four" suspects in the 6 1/2-year investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, and at least three of those suspects are linked to the Army’s bioweapons research facility at Fort Detrick in Maryland, FOX News has learned.Among the pool of suspects are three scientists — a former deputy commander, a leading anthrax scientist and a microbiologist — linked to the research facility, known as USAMRIID.
The FBI has collected writing samples from the three scientists in an effort to match them to the writer of anthrax-laced letters that were mailed to two U.S. senators and at least two news outlets in the fall of 2001, a law enforcement source confirmed.
By Dr. Rusty Shackleford at March 28, 2008 02:14 PM | | l digg this
