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Scientific Case Still Open On 2001 Anthrax Attacks

( NPR ) Army microbiologist Bruce Ivins, the FBI’s prime suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, died before his trial in an apparent suicide, and the case is now closed. John Dankosky and guests discuss new investigations that question whether scientific evidence against Ivins was conclusive enough to hold up in court.

November 2, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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Feds arrest 4 in alleged Ga. ricin attack plot

(The Associated Press) Federal agents arrested four suspected members of a Georgia militia on charges of plotting attacks with toxins and explosives in Atlanta and against unnamed government officials. The four, who authorities arrested Tuesday, were expected to appear in federal court in Gainesville, Ga., on Wednesday afternoon. They were part of a group that Read More »

November 2, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Bioterrorism
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Amerithrax review: Lessons for future investigations

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) When the National Academy of Sciences issued its review of the FBI anthrax investigation earlier this year, the press fixated primarily on one point: The report found no conclusive evidence that Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist the government contends was responsible for a series of anthrax-laced letters mailed in 2001, Read More »

November 2, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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Ten years after anthrax, how safe is your mail?

(Washington Post) DeVaughn was sentenced to six years in federal prison for the incident, which, although no one was harmed, raised the obvious specter of another anthrax attack. A decade ago, anthrax spores delivered in letters killed five people, injured 17 and …

November 2, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Deal reached in US 2001 anthrax death suit

(Reuters) The widow of a Florida tabloid photo editor who was the first of five people to die in 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States has reached a settlement with the US government in her wrongful death damages lawsuit against it, …