Anthrax Case Rests on Science
Bruce Edwards Ivins was the man behind the anthrax terror scare in 2001, according to an FBI task force. The agency, working for seven years with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, says the evidence shows that Dr. Ivins, a respected government microbiologist acted alone when he mailed the deadly substance to members of the media and to politicians.
After Dr. Ivins killed himself, possibly due to the pressure the FBI was placing on him, the task force release some of the accumulated documents, pointing to Dr. Ivins as the anthrax mailer, who injured 17 and killed 5.
Scientists who worked with Dr. Ivins and those in the same field think the evidence is not as airtight as the government would have us believe.
REALscience will stay with this story and follow the science leads to try to answer the big questions in this case.
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