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<blockquote data-quote="floridays" data-source="post: 3420882" data-attributes="member: 68849"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Mueller's FBI</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">This is from the Washington Post</span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics" target="_blank">Politics</a></p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-dept-takes-on-itself-in-probe-of-2001-anthrax-attacks/2012/01/05/gIQAhGLlVQ_story.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Justice Dept. takes on itself in probe of 2001 anthrax attacks</strong></span></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Correction:</strong> An earlier version of this article failed to mention that a joint report by McClatchy newspapers, PBS’s “Frontline” and ProPublica first disclosed the court documents in the Florida anthrax death case. This version includes that information.</p><p></p><p>By <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jerry-markon/" target="_blank">Jerry Markon</a> January 27, 2012</p><p>Since it began <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postal-workers-mark-10-year-anniversary-of-anthrax-attacks/2011/10/21/gIQA4E1F4L_story.html" target="_blank">a decade ago</a>, the federal government’s massive investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks has been plagued by missteps and complications.</p><p></p><p>Investigators initially focused on the wrong man, then <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR2008080900367.html" target="_blank">had to pay him a nearly $6 million settlement</a>. In 2008, they accused another man, Bruce E. Ivins, who killed himself before he could go to trial.</p><p></p><p>Now, in the latest twist, the government has argued against itself.</p><p></p><p>In documents deep in the files of a recently settled Florida lawsuit, Justice Department civil attorneys contradicted their own department’s <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080601400.html" target="_blank">conclusion that Ivins was unquestionably the anthrax killer</a>. The lawyers said the type of anthrax in Ivins’s lab was “radically different” from the deadly anthrax. They cited several witnesses who said Ivins was innocent, and they suggested that a private laboratory in Ohio could have been involved in the attacks.</p><p></p><p>The spectacle of one arm of the Justice Department publicly questioning another could undermine one of the most high-profile investigations in years, according to critics and independent experts who reviewed the court filings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="floridays, post: 3420882, member: 68849"] [SIZE=7][COLOR=#ff0000]Mueller's FBI[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]This is from the Washington Post[/SIZE][/COLOR] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics']Politics[/URL] [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-dept-takes-on-itself-in-probe-of-2001-anthrax-attacks/2012/01/05/gIQAhGLlVQ_story.html'][SIZE=6][B]Justice Dept. takes on itself in probe of 2001 anthrax attacks[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [B]Correction:[/B] An earlier version of this article failed to mention that a joint report by McClatchy newspapers, PBS’s “Frontline” and ProPublica first disclosed the court documents in the Florida anthrax death case. This version includes that information. By [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jerry-markon/']Jerry Markon[/URL] January 27, 2012 Since it began [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postal-workers-mark-10-year-anniversary-of-anthrax-attacks/2011/10/21/gIQA4E1F4L_story.html']a decade ago[/URL], the federal government’s massive investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks has been plagued by missteps and complications. Investigators initially focused on the wrong man, then [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR2008080900367.html']had to pay him a nearly $6 million settlement[/URL]. In 2008, they accused another man, Bruce E. Ivins, who killed himself before he could go to trial. Now, in the latest twist, the government has argued against itself. In documents deep in the files of a recently settled Florida lawsuit, Justice Department civil attorneys contradicted their own department’s [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080601400.html']conclusion that Ivins was unquestionably the anthrax killer[/URL]. The lawyers said the type of anthrax in Ivins’s lab was “radically different” from the deadly anthrax. They cited several witnesses who said Ivins was innocent, and they suggested that a private laboratory in Ohio could have been involved in the attacks. The spectacle of one arm of the Justice Department publicly questioning another could undermine one of the most high-profile investigations in years, according to critics and independent experts who reviewed the court filings. [/QUOTE]
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