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Former Army Scientist Sues New York Times, Columnist
via WaPo (h/t Lucianne) - EFLLogin: bigwig@bigwig.com / bigwig By Jerry Markon (WaPo Staff) - Wednesday, July 14, 2004 The former Army scientist identified by authorities as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks sued the New York Times Co. and columnist Nicholas D. Kristof yesterday, claiming the paper defamed him in a series of columns that identified him as the likely culprit. The lawsuit, filed by Steven J. Hatfill in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, said Kristof identified him as the anthrax killer to "light a fire" under investigators in their probe of the anthrax-spore mailings, which killed five people and sickened 17. He accused Kristof of hurling "false and defamatory" allegations and the Times of engaging in "substandard and unethical journalism." ...more... Finally, payback for Hatfill. The shoddy and opportunistic handling of the story, simply put, completely ruined his life. On deck: the FBI. Posted by: .com 2004-07-14 |
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