Suspect In 2001 Anthrax Attacks Kills Himself. Options

[André]

The Justice Department was preparing to file criminal charges against Bruce E. Ivins in the anthrax mailing assaults of 2001 that killed five.
By David Willman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
9:42 PM PDT, July 31, 2008
One of the nation's top biodefense researchers has died in Maryland from an apparent suicide, just as the Justice Department was to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailing assaults of 2001 that killed five, the Los Angeles Times has learned.

Bruce E. Ivins, 62, who for the past 18 years worked at the government's elite biodefense research laboratories at Fort Detrick, Md., had been informed of the impending prosecution, people familiar with Ivins, his suspicious death and with the FBI investigation said.

Ivins' name had not been disclosed publicly as a suspect in the case that disrupted mail service and Senate business three weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Maryland scientist had for years played a pivotal role in research to improve anthrax vaccines, preparing anthrax formulations used in experiments on animals.

Regarded as a skilled microbiologist, Ivins also had helped the FBI analyze the powdery material recovered from one of the anthrax-tainted envelopes sent to a U.S. senator's office in Washington, D.C.

more... http://www.latimes.com/news

This post has been edited by painter: Aug 1 2008, 02:13 AM

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[richard cranium]

I just had a thought. Does anybody feel that there is( and/or possibly will be) an increase in these apparent "suicides/accidents/shootings" because the Bush years are coming to an end? ie: tie up loose ends and dispose of evidence(witnesses).

a scared rc

[painter]

I just had a thought. Does anybody feel that there is( and/or possibly will be) an increase in these apparent "suicides/accidents/shootings" because the Bush years are coming to an end? ie: tie up loose ends and dispose of evidence(witnesses).

There is an interesting discussion regarding this suicide and your question at DemocraticUnderground:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...ess=102x3418728

The "Dead Scientists" links may be of particular interest to some:

http://www.stevequayle.com/dead_scientists...cientists2.html

http://www.stevequayle.com/dead_scientists...Scientists.html