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New FBI assessment alleges scientist link with anthrax
Bahamas News.Net
Wednesday 6th August, 2008
A new FBI assessment alleges that Dr Bruce Ivins, a US scientist who killed himself last week, was the sole person responsible for the deadly anthrax letter attacks in 2001.
According to the FBI, Dr Bruce Ivins alone controlled flask RMR1029, which was used in the attack.
Dr Ivins, 62, died shortly after being told he was about to be charged when it was found he had issued death threats and was unable to account for unusual overtime in his lab.
The anthrax-laced letters killed five people, made another 17 sick, and unsettled the US, which was a frightened nation following the New York plane crashes on 9/11.
The FBI papers said Dr Ivins had possession of anthrax spores with certain genetic mutations, identical to those used in the sole deadly biological attack on US soil.
Ivins solicitor has vehemntly denied the allegations.
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