Colleague Disputes Case Against Anthrax Suspect
Dr. Heine said he did not dispute that there was a genetic link between the spores in the letters and the anthrax in Dr. Ivins's flask a link that led the F.B.I. to conclude that Dr. Ivins had grown the spores from a sample taken from the flask. But samples from the flask were widely shared, Dr. Heine said. Accusing Dr. Ivins of the attacks, he said, was like tracing a murder to the clerk at the sporting goods shop who sold the bullets.
Whoever did this is still running around out there,' Dr. Heine said. I truly believe that.'
The real concern. Because back then we all thought it was Al Qaeda... and as I recall a couple of Muslim men showed up at doctors' offices needing treatment for cutaneous anthrax infections. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-04-23 |