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Bruce Ivins was a microbiologist, vaccinologist and biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.  He allegedly committed suicide by takeing a drug overdose on July 29, 2008. He was named by the [[FBI]] as a "[[property::constitutes lone nut]]" behind the [[Amerithrax Anthrax Attacks]] just after [[9/11]].<ref name=washtimes>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=5502344 |title=U.S. wanted death penalty in anthrax case |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=2008-08-01 |accessdate=2008-08-01 |author=Apuzzo, Matt and Dishneau, David |quote=Federal prosecutors investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks were planning to indict and seek the death penalty against a top Army microbiologist who was developing a vaccine against the deadly toxin.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | issn = 0458-3035 | last = Willman | first = David | title = Senators question FBI's handling of anthrax inquiry | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | accessdate = 2008-09-23 | date = 2008-09-18 | url = http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anthrax18-2008sep18,0,2539984.story | quote = Ivins, 62, committed suicide July 29. His former lawyers have said they would have won his acquittal at a trial.  }}</ref><ref name="ap"/> No formal charges were ever filed against him for that crime, and no direct evidence of his involvement has been uncovered.<ref name=Doubt>[[Glenn Greenwald|Greenwald, Glenn]] (2011-02-16) [http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/02/16/ivans/index.html Serious doubt cast on FBI's anthrax case against Bruce Ivans], ''[[Salon.com]]''</ref>
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On August 6, 2008, federal prosecutors declared Ivins to be the ([[lone nut]]) culprit of the crime.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/06/anthrax.case/index.html?eref=rss_topstories U.S. officials declare researcher is anthrax killer] CNN 6 August 2008</ref>  Two days later, Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Rush Holt called for hearings into the [[DOJ]] and [[FBI]]'s handling of the investigation. <ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-na-anthrax8-2008aug08,0,2258246.story Anthrax investigation should be investigated, congressmen say] Associated Press 8 August  2008</ref> <ref>ISBN 978-1-60239-715-6 The Anthrax Letters: A Bioterrorism Expert Investigates the Attacks That Shocked America-Case Closed?</ref> On February 19, 2010, the FBI formally closed its investigation. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/us/20anthrax.html F.B.I., Laying Out Evidence, Closes Anthrax Letters Case] New York Times 19 February 2010</ref>
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Media reports focused on other possible suspects for years, but FBI files show that the investigation began to focus on Bruce Edwards Ivins as early as April 4, 2005, when Dr. Ivins told the FBI he would not talk any further without his lawyer present.  On April 11, 2007, Dr. Ivins was put under periodic surveillance because "Bruce Edwards Ivins is an extremely sensitive suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks".<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/amerithrax/847444.PDF FBI file #847444, page 67]</ref> Ivins was a scientist who worked at the government's biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. In June 2008, Ivins was told of the impending prosecution, and on July 27, 2008 it is claimed he committed suicide using an overdose of acetaminophen.<ref> [http://www.latimes.com/bal-te.anthrax03aug03,0,3970920.story Ivins case reignites debate on anthrax] LA Times 3 August 2008</ref>
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A review of the science used in the investigation is under way at the National Academy of Sciences. <ref>[http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2008/09/16-01.html?rss=1 Science review underway]</ref>  Some information about the case related to Ivins' mental problems is still "under seal." <ref>[http://www.justice.gov/amerithrax/docs/amx-investigative-summary.pdf FBI Summary Report] Footnote pp. 8</ref>

Revision as of 07:21, 26 December 2013

Bruce Ivins was a microbiologist, vaccinologist and biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. He allegedly committed suicide by takeing a drug overdose on July 29, 2008. He was named by the FBI as a "constitutes lone nut" behind the Amerithrax Anthrax Attacks just after 9/11.[1][2][3] No formal charges were ever filed against him for that crime, and no direct evidence of his involvement has been uncovered.[4]

On August 6, 2008, federal prosecutors declared Ivins to be the (lone nut) culprit of the crime.[5] Two days later, Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Rush Holt called for hearings into the DOJ and FBI's handling of the investigation. [6] [7] On February 19, 2010, the FBI formally closed its investigation. [8]

Media reports focused on other possible suspects for years, but FBI files show that the investigation began to focus on Bruce Edwards Ivins as early as April 4, 2005, when Dr. Ivins told the FBI he would not talk any further without his lawyer present. On April 11, 2007, Dr. Ivins was put under periodic surveillance because "Bruce Edwards Ivins is an extremely sensitive suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks".[9] Ivins was a scientist who worked at the government's biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. In June 2008, Ivins was told of the impending prosecution, and on July 27, 2008 it is claimed he committed suicide using an overdose of acetaminophen.[10]

A review of the science used in the investigation is under way at the National Academy of Sciences. [11] Some information about the case related to Ivins' mental problems is still "under seal." [12]

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  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ap
  4. ↑ Greenwald, Glenn (2011-02-16) Serious doubt cast on FBI's anthrax case against Bruce Ivans, Salon.com
  5. ↑ U.S. officials declare researcher is anthrax killer CNN 6 August 2008
  6. ↑ Anthrax investigation should be investigated, congressmen say Associated Press 8 August 2008
  7. ↑ ISBN 978-1-60239-715-6 The Anthrax Letters: A Bioterrorism Expert Investigates the Attacks That Shocked America-Case Closed?
  8. ↑ F.B.I., Laying Out Evidence, Closes Anthrax Letters Case New York Times 19 February 2010
  9. ↑ FBI file #847444, page 67
  10. ↑ Ivins case reignites debate on anthrax LA Times 3 August 2008
  11. ↑ Science review underway
  12. ↑ FBI Summary Report Footnote pp. 8
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