Bruce E. Ivins

A key congressional critic of the FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks called Friday for a broader inquiry into the government's handling of the case, saying he remained deeply skeptical of the bureau's claim that a Maryland scientist acted alone in carrying out the country's worst...
 
Biodefense researcher Bruce E. Ivins at Fort Detrick, Md. in 2003. The scientist died July 29 in an apparent suicide as U.S. prosecutors were planning to indict and seek the death penalty against Ivins in connection with the 2001 anthrax mailings. (AP Photo)

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Most Research Suspended at Fort Detrick (Post, February 10, 2009)
 
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U.S. Loses Ruling on Hatfill (Post, November 18, 2008)
 
Trail of Odd Anthrax Cells Led FBI to Army Scientist (Post, October 27, 2008)
 
SCIENTIFIC SLEUTHING (Post, October 27, 2008)
 
Huge New Biodefense Lab Is Dedicated at Fort Detrick (Post, October 23, 2008)
 
Two Portraits of a Bioterror Suspect: As FBI Paints Ivins as Killer, Friends Recall Him as Good, if Flawed (Post, September 28, 2008)
 
Anthrax Suspect E-Mailed Himself About Solving the Case (Post, September 25, 2008)
 
Anthrax Suspicions (September 19, 2008)
 
Anthrax Suspect Didn't Act Alone, Leahy Posits (Post, September 18, 2008)
 
FBI to Get Expert Help In Anthrax Inquiry: Scientific Evidence Will Be Evaluated (Post, September 17, 2008)
 
Lawmakers Are Seeking Answers in Anthrax Case: FBI's Mueller to Be Queried by House Panel About Evidence Against Researcher (Post, September 16, 2008)
 
'Spore on the Grassy Knoll' (August 20, 2008)
 
FBI Elaborates on Anthrax Case: Experts Say Letters' Spore Makeup Was Unique to Ivins Lab (Post, August 19, 2008)
 
Expectations of Privacy (Post, August 16, 2008)
 
Hair Samples in Anthrax Case Don't Match: Strands From Mailbox in Princeton Are Not From Ivins, Investigators Say (Post, August 14, 2008)
 
After Anthrax Scientist's Threats, Counselor Faced a Hard Choice (Post, August 10, 2008)
 
Ivins's Friends, Family Recall the Good Times: Eulogies for Md. Scientist Focus on His Devotion to Children, Serving Church (Post, August 10, 2008)
 
Hatfill Timeline (Post, August 9, 2008)
 
Prosecutors Clear Hatfill in Anthrax Case (Post, August 9, 2008)
 
Holes in the Anthrax Case? (August 9, 2008)
 
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