The Department of Defense continued its controversial mandatory anthrax vaccinations program despite high ranking Bush administration officials acknowledging there were problems with the vaccine within months of the Bush administration taking office—well before the 9/11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax letters.
A 2001 memorandum from former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz indicates that the White House knew of problems relating to the Gulf War Syndrome and the military's controversial anthrax vaccine.
Obtained by RAW STORY earlier this year from a senior military official and referenced in today's New York Daily News, Rove wrote, "I do think we need to examine the issues of both Gulf War Syndrome and the Anthrax vaccine and how they can be dealt with. They are political problems for us."
RAW STORY had held off printing the memorandum (which appears below) in an effort to validate its authenticity. Along with the memo, Rove noted that he had attached "material on the Anthrax vaccine problem," which had been forwarded to him by H. Ross Perot. He titled it "GULF WAR SYNDROME AND ANTHRAX."
"It didn't bother me that Rove referred to it as a political problem at the time because it meant that it would be properly dealt with, finally," the military official who leaked the memo said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "The political problem became a problem to me when they dropped the ball and allowed the program to continue. It was politics that motivated them to investigate and it was politics that motivated them to allow the program to continue. Now the political nature bothers me."
The Apr. 25, 2001 memo indicates how long and how far up in the administration the anthrax vaccine—and Gulf War Syndrome—have been considered problematic.
The Pentagon's anthrax vaccine is manufactured by a single contractor, Emergent BioSolutions. It has been plagued with complaints from soldiers and soldiers' advocates, who assert that the vaccine causes myriad debilitating ailments.
The Defense Department was forced to halt mandatory injections in 2004 after a judge ruled that the FDA had not approved the vaccine for its intended use. In 2006, the military resumed mandatory vaccinations after FDA approval, citing letters laced with anthrax in late 2001 as a reason.
Questions about the mailings containing anthrax have re-emerged in the wake of a suicide by a biodefense researcher. At the time of his death, Bruce Ivins, 62, was under federal investigation for the 2001 anthrax attacks that left five people dead and more than a dozen sickened. In a Wednesday joint FBI and Department of Justice press conference, while not officially closing the case, Assistant Director in Charge Joseph Persichini of the FBI Washington Field Office said, "Bruce Ivins was responsible for the death, sickness, and fear brought to our country by the 2001 anthrax mailings."
The leaked memo also comes on the heels of an announcement by the Department of Homeland Security, which has proposed giving the city where Emergent BioSolutions is located $946,520 to protect the company's facilities. The grant, according to an article in the Lansing State Journal, would "purchase, install and deploy the eligible Homeland Security equipment and manage related law enforcement protective actions."
A New York Times article following Ivins' death highlighted a number of tensions between public safety and biodefense research, centering around the question: "Has the unprecedented boom in biodefense research made the country less secure?" Pentagon maintains vaccine is safe, requires injections
Despite repeatedly maintaining it is safe, documents obtained by Raw Story last year showed that the Pentagon and medical military personnel have known since at least 1998 that there are genetic triggers between illnesses and some required immunizations. They also revealed the military knew and did not implement routine pre-screening which could help reduce vaccine-related illnesses.
A flyer posted by the Vaccine Healthcare Center in 2007 showed that Walter Reed solicited servicemembers who have suffered as a result of the vaccine, asserting that “adverse effects may include redness or swelling where the shot was given (larger than the bottom of a soda can) and/or more than 24 hours of headaches, muscle/joint pains, and/ or fatigue (tiredness) that interfered with your daily activities.”
Texas billionaire and onetime presidential candidate H. Ross Perot testified to a Congressional committee in 2002 regarding issues with the vaccine and its manufacturer.
"BioPort is a mess," Perot said, referring to the Pentagon contractor, which has since changed its name to Emergent BioSolutions. "BioPort should not be able to keep that contract. For years they never met any goals or objectives...For years they got bonuses that equaled or exceeded their salaries and didn't accomplish their goals."
"The damage that was done to our Tigers in the Armed Forces is incredible," he added. "Hundreds of pilots have left the Air Force rather than take the shot. $6 million to train one pilot. That's a high price to pay, right?"
Ivins had worked on producing an anthrax vaccine. Documents presented by federal prosecutors paint a portrait of a paranoid man who suffered delusions. Their evidence against him, however, has been questioned. Sources who spoke to the press said that the Justice Department was close to charging Ivins when he took his own life, but that they still had more investigating to do. The Department asserts that Ivins acted alone.
Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), has called for a "full- blown accounting" of the probe, which cost taxpayers $15 million and took seven years, according to the Washington Post. Democratic Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ), who represents the region the deadly letters were mailed from from, says hearings should be held as to "why investigators are so certain that Ivins acted alone." GULF WAR SYNDROME AND ANTHRAX http://rawstory.com/images/other/rovememoanthrax.gif http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2007/08/14/deh_rove_bush_081...
][][ ASSOCIATED PRESS/ROVE-Ron Fournier ][][ AP To Karl Rove: "Keep Up The Fight" http://gawker.com/5025179/ap-to-karl-rove-keep-up-the-fight Mon Jul 14 2008 ][][ WH interrogation room ][][ Not as popular as the Lincoln Bedroom: Bush White House has its own interrogation room. http://j-walkblog.com/images2/Interrogation-Room.jpg Thursday, 07 August, 2008 ][][ ][][ In October 2001, the United States did in fact invade Afghanistan, right on schedule, the attacks on the World Trade Towers occurred at just the exact moment when the United States needed a population angry enough to support a war. ][][ ][][ Dr. Bruce Ivins 2003 Pentagon DOD AWARD ][][ March 14, 2003: Dr. Bruce Ivins wins highest civilian award from Defense Dept. http://professorhex.blogspot.com/2008/08/anthrax-bruce-ivins-wins-hig... Friday, August 08, 2008 At a Pentagon ceremony on March 14, 2003, Ivins and two colleagues from USAMRIID were bestowed the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian Service, the highest honor given to nonmilitary employees of the Defense Department. “Awards are nice,” Ivins said in accepting the honor. “But the real satisfaction is knowing the vaccine is back on line.
Dr. Bruce Ivins, was a microbiologist at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland ][][ ][][ NYT 9-4-01 Germ Warfare by Judith Miller ][][ U.S. Germ Warfare Research Pushes Treaty Limits THIS ARTICLE WAS REPORTED AND WRITTEN BY JUDITH MILLER, STEPHEN ENGELBERG AND WILLIAM J. BROAD. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E1D71639F937A3575A... September 4, 2001 ][][ ][][ Amerithrax FBI ][][ Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Attack blamed on Al Qaida and Iraq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks#Attack_blamed_on_Al... The Pursuit of Steven Hatfill http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/pursuithatfill.html
U.S. settles with anthrax mailings subject Steven Hatfill for $5.82 million Prosecutors said the payout means that the former Army scientist will likely never be charged in connection with the deaths of 5 people who came in contact with the deadly spores. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-anthrax28-2008ju... June 28, 2008 ][][ ][][ Barbara Hatch Rosenberg indicates Dr.Stephen Hatfill ][] [ 1990’s legal proceedings ][][ ][][ CAUGHT ON TAPE An investigation was launched that exposed the shockingly lax security measures at the lab, and raised the possibility that some specimens may never have been entered in lab records. Also uncovered was a tape from a surveillance camera showing the entry of an unauthorized person into the lab, at 8:40, on January 23, 1992, let in by Dr. Marian Rippy, lab pathologist. The night visitor was Lt. Col. Philip Zack, a former employee who had left as a result of a dispute with the lab over his alleged harassment of Dr. Assaad. One of the scientists known to have been a leader in the horrible attacks on Dr. Assaad was Dr. Lt. Col. Philip Zack. Philip Zack was to "voluntarily" leave Fort Detrick shortly after Assaad brought Zack’s poem and camel to the attention of his suisors. http://amapedia.amazon.com/view/Zack,+Dr.+Lt.+Col.+Philip/id=103042 All of the above is public information.
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Makes you wonder what part of "anthrax will make you very sick, if not kill you" that the minions of the GWBush administration did not understand. And makes you wonder if that "mad anthrax scientist" who purportedly mailed out the anthrax to leading politicians just wanted to give them a taste of the bad medicine they foisted on others against their will.
> The Department of Defense continued its controversial mandatory > anthrax vaccinations program despite high ranking Bush administration > officials acknowledging there were problems with the vaccine within > months of the Bush administration taking office—well before the 9/11 > attacks and the October 2001 anthrax letters.
> A 2001 memorandum from former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl > Rove to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz indicates that > the White House knew of problems relating to the Gulf War Syndrome and > the military's controversial anthrax vaccine.
> Obtained by RAW STORY earlier this year from a senior military > official and referenced in today's New York Daily News, Rove wrote, "I > do think we need to examine the issues of both Gulf War Syndrome and > the Anthrax vaccine and how they can be dealt with. They are political > problems for us."
> RAW STORY had held off printing the memorandum (which appears below) > in an effort to validate its authenticity. Along with the memo, Rove > noted that he had attached "material on the Anthrax vaccine problem," > which had been forwarded to him by H. Ross Perot. He titled it "GULF > WAR SYNDROME AND ANTHRAX."
> "It didn't bother me that Rove referred to it as a political problem > at the time because it meant that it would be properly dealt with, > finally," the military official who leaked the memo said, speaking on > the condition of anonymity. "The political problem became a problem to > me when they dropped the ball and allowed the program to continue. It > was politics that motivated them to investigate and it was politics > that motivated them to allow the program to continue. Now the > political nature bothers me."
> The Apr. 25, 2001 memo indicates how long and how far up in the > administration the anthrax vaccine—and Gulf War Syndrome—have been > considered problematic.
> The Pentagon's anthrax vaccine is manufactured by a single contractor, > Emergent BioSolutions. It has been plagued with complaints from > soldiers and soldiers' advocates, who assert that the vaccine causes > myriad debilitating ailments.
> The Defense Department was forced to halt mandatory injections in 2004 > after a judge ruled that the FDA had not approved the vaccine for its > intended use. In 2006, the military resumed mandatory vaccinations > after FDA approval, citing letters laced with anthrax in late 2001 as > a reason.
> Questions about the mailings containing anthrax have re-emerged in the > wake of a suicide by a biodefense researcher. At the time of his > death, Bruce Ivins, 62, was under federal investigation for the 2001 > anthrax attacks that left five people dead and more than a dozen > sickened. In a Wednesday joint FBI and Department of Justice press > conference, while not officially closing the case, Assistant Director > in Charge Joseph Persichini of the FBI Washington Field Office said, > "Bruce Ivins was responsible for the death, sickness, and fear brought > to our country by the 2001 anthrax mailings."
> The leaked memo also comes on the heels of an announcement by the > Department of Homeland Security, which has proposed giving the city > where Emergent BioSolutions is located $946,520 to protect the > company's facilities. The grant, according to an article in the > Lansing State Journal, would "purchase, install and deploy the > eligible Homeland Security equipment and manage related law > enforcement protective actions."
> A New York Times article following Ivins' death highlighted a number > of tensions between public safety and biodefense research, centering > around the question: "Has the unprecedented boom in biodefense > research made the country less secure?" > Pentagon maintains vaccine is safe, requires injections
> Despite repeatedly maintaining it is safe, documents obtained by Raw > Story last year showed that the Pentagon and medical military > personnel have known since at least 1998 that there are genetic > triggers between illnesses and some required immunizations. They also > revealed the military knew and did not implement routine pre-screening > which could help reduce vaccine-related illnesses.
> A flyer posted by the Vaccine Healthcare Center in 2007 showed that > Walter Reed solicited servicemembers who have suffered as a result of > the vaccine, asserting that “adverse effects may include redness or > swelling where the shot was given (larger than the bottom of a soda > can) and/or more than 24 hours of headaches, muscle/joint pains, and/ > or fatigue (tiredness) that interfered with your daily activities.”
> Texas billionaire and onetime presidential candidate H. Ross Perot > testified to a Congressional committee in 2002 regarding issues with > the vaccine and its manufacturer.
> "BioPort is a mess," Perot said, referring to the Pentagon contractor, > which has since changed its name to Emergent BioSolutions. "BioPort > should not be able to keep that contract. For years they never met any > goals or objectives...For years they got bonuses that equaled or > exceeded their salaries and didn't accomplish their goals."
> "The damage that was done to our Tigers in the Armed Forces is > incredible," he added. "Hundreds of pilots have left the Air Force > rather than take the shot. $6 million to train one pilot. That's a > high price to pay, right?"
> Ivins had worked on producing an anthrax vaccine. Documents presented > by federal prosecutors paint a portrait of a paranoid man who suffered > delusions. Their evidence against him, however, has been questioned. > Sources who spoke to the press said that the Justice Department was > close to charging Ivins when he took his own life, but that they still > had more investigating to do. The Department asserts that Ivins acted > alone.
> Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), has called for a "full- > blown accounting" of the probe, which cost taxpayers $15 million and > took seven years, according to the Washington Post. Democratic Rep. > Rush D. Holt (D-NJ), who represents the region the deadly letters were > mailed from from, says hearings should be held as to "why > investigators are so certain that Ivins acted alone." > GULF WAR SYNDROME AND ANTHRAXhttp://rawstory.com/images/other/rovememoanthrax.gifhttp://www.herald......
> ][][ ASSOCIATED PRESS/ROVE-Ron Fournier ][][ > AP To Karl Rove: "Keep Up The Fight"http://gawker.com/5025179/ap-to-karl-rove-keep-up-the-fight > Mon Jul 14 2008 > ][][ WH interrogation room ][][ > Not as popular as the Lincoln Bedroom: Bush White House has its own > interrogation room.http://j-walkblog.com/images2/Interrogation-Room.jpg > Thursday, 07 August, 2008 > ][][ ][][ > In October 2001, the United States did in fact invade Afghanistan, > right on schedule, the attacks on the World Trade Towers occurred at > just the exact moment when the United States needed a population angry > enough to support a war. > ][][ ][][ Dr. Bruce Ivins 2003 Pentagon DOD AWARD ][][ > March 14, 2003: Dr. Bruce Ivins wins highest civilian award from > Defense Dept.http://professorhex.blogspot.com/2008/08/anthrax-bruce-ivins-wins-hig... > Friday, August 08, 2008 > At a Pentagon ceremony on March 14, 2003, Ivins and two colleagues > from USAMRIID were bestowed the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian > Service, the highest honor given to nonmilitary employees of the > Defense Department. “Awards are nice,” Ivins said in accepting the > honor. “But the real satisfaction is knowing the vaccine is back on > line.
> Dr. Bruce Ivins, was a microbiologist at the US Army Medical Research > Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, > Maryland > ][][ ][][ NYT 9-4-01 Germ Warfare by Judith Miller ][][ > U.S. Germ Warfare Research Pushes Treaty Limits > THIS ARTICLE WAS REPORTED AND WRITTEN BY JUDITH MILLER, STEPHEN > ENGELBERG AND WILLIAM J. BROAD.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E1D71639F937A3575A... > September 4, 2001 > ][][ ][][ Amerithrax FBI ][][ > Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, > occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, > 2001. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news > media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people > and infecting 17 others. > Attack blamed on Al Qaida and Iraqhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks#Attack_blamed_on_Al... > The Pursuit of Steven Hatfillhttp://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/pursuithatfill.html
> U.S. settles with anthrax mailings subject Steven Hatfill for $5.82 > million > Prosecutors said the payout means that the former Army scientist will > likely never be charged in connection with the deaths of 5 people who > came in contact with the deadly spores.http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-anthrax28-2008ju... > June 28, 2008 > ][][ ][][ Barbara Hatch Rosenberg indicates Dr.Stephen Hatfill ][] > [ 1990’s legal proceedings ][][ ][][ > CAUGHT ON TAPE An investigation was launched that exposed the > shockingly lax security measures at the lab, and raised the > possibility that some
> The Department of Defense continued its controversial mandatoryanthraxvaccinations program despite high ranking Bush administration > officials acknowledging there were problems with the vaccine within > months of the Bush administration taking office—well before the 9/11 > attacks and the October 2001anthraxletters.
> A 2001 memorandum from former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl > Rove to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz indicates that > the White House knew of problems relating to the Gulf War Syndrome and > the military's controversialanthraxvaccine.
> Obtained by RAW STORY earlier this year from a senior military > official and referenced in today's New York Daily News, Rove wrote, "I > do think we need to examine the issues of both Gulf War Syndrome and > theAnthraxvaccine and how they can be dealt with. They are political > problems for us."
> RAW STORY had held off printing the memorandum (which appears below) > in an effort to validate its authenticity. Along with the memo, Rove > noted that he had attached "material on theAnthraxvaccine problem," > which had been forwarded to him by H. Ross Perot. He titled it "GULF > WAR SYNDROME ANDANTHRAX."
> "It didn't bother me that Rove referred to it as a political problem > at the time because it meant that it would be properly dealt with, > finally," the military official who leaked the memo said, speaking on > the condition of anonymity. "The political problem became a problem to > me when they dropped the ball and allowed the program to continue. It > was politics that motivated them to investigate and it was politics > that motivated them to allow the program to continue. Now the > political nature bothers me."
> The Apr. 25, 2001 memo indicates how long and how far up in the > administration theanthraxvaccine—and Gulf War Syndrome—have been > considered problematic.
> The Pentagon'santhraxvaccine is manufactured by a single contractor, > Emergent BioSolutions. It has been plagued with complaints from > soldiers and soldiers' advocates, who assert that the vaccine causes > myriad debilitating ailments.
> The Defense Department was forced to halt mandatory injections in 2004 > after a judge ruled that the FDA had not approved the vaccine for its > intended use. In 2006, the military resumed mandatory vaccinations > after FDA approval, citing letters laced withanthraxin late 2001 as > a reason.
> Questions about the mailings containinganthraxhave re-emerged in the > wake of a suicide by a biodefense researcher. At the time of his > death,BruceIvins, 62, was under federal investigation for the 2001anthraxattacks that left five people dead and more than a dozen > sickened. In a Wednesday joint FBI and Department of Justice press > conference, while not officially closing the case, Assistant Director > in Charge Joseph Persichini of the FBI Washington Field Office said, > "BruceIvinswas responsible for the death, sickness, and fear brought > to our country by the 2001anthraxmailings."
> The leaked memo also comes on the heels of an announcement by the > Department of Homeland Security, which has proposed giving the city > where Emergent BioSolutions is located $946,520 to protect the > company's facilities. The grant, according to an article in the > Lansing State Journal, would "purchase, install and deploy the > eligible Homeland Security equipment and manage related law > enforcement protective actions."
> A New York Times article followingIvins' death highlighted a number > of tensions between public safety and biodefense research, centering > around the question: "Has the unprecedented boom in biodefense > research made the country less secure?" > Pentagon maintains vaccine is safe, requires injections
> Despite repeatedly maintaining it is safe, documents obtained by Raw > Story last year showed that the Pentagon and medical military > personnel have known since at least 1998 that there are genetic > triggers between illnesses and some required immunizations. They also > revealed the military knew and did not implement routine pre-screening > which could help reduce vaccine-related illnesses.
> A flyer posted by the Vaccine Healthcare Center in 2007 showed that > Walter Reed solicited servicemembers who have suffered as a result of > the vaccine, asserting that “adverse effects may include redness or > swelling where the shot was given (larger than the bottom of a soda > can) and/or more than 24 hours of headaches, muscle/joint pains, and/ > or fatigue (tiredness) that interfered with your daily activities.”
> Texas billionaire and onetime presidential candidate H. Ross Perot > testified to a Congressional committee in 2002 regarding issues with > the vaccine and its manufacturer.
> "BioPort is a mess," Perot said, referring to the Pentagon contractor, > which has since changed its name to Emergent BioSolutions. "BioPort > should not be able to keep that contract. For years they never met any > goals or objectives...For years they got bonuses that equaled or > exceeded their salaries and didn't accomplish their goals."
> "The damage that was done to our Tigers in the Armed Forces is > incredible," he added. "Hundreds of pilots have left the Air Force > rather than take the shot. $6 million to train one pilot. That's a > high price to pay, right?"
> Ivinshad worked on producing ananthraxvaccine. Documents presented > by federal prosecutors paint a portrait of a paranoid man who suffered > delusions. Their evidence against him, however, has been questioned. > Sources who spoke to the press said that the Justice Department was > close to chargingIvinswhen he took his own life, but that they still > had more investigating to do. The Department asserts thatIvinsacted > alone.
> Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), has called for a "full- > blown accounting" of the probe, which cost taxpayers $15 million and > took seven years, according to the Washington Post. Democratic Rep. > Rush D. Holt (D-NJ), who represents the region the deadly letters were > mailed from from, says hearings should be held as to "why > investigators are so certain thatIvinsacted alone." > GULF WAR SYNDROME ANDANTHRAXhttp://rawstory.com/images/other/rovememoanthrax.gifhttp://www.herald......
> ][][ ASSOCIATED PRESS/ROVE-Ron Fournier ][][ > AP To Karl Rove: "Keep Up The Fight"http://gawker.com/5025179/ap-to-karl-rove-keep-up-the-fight > Mon Jul 14 2008 > ][][ WH interrogation room ][][ > Not as popular as the Lincoln Bedroom: Bush White House has its own > interrogation room.http://j-walkblog.com/images2/Interrogation-Room.jpg > Thursday, 07 August, 2008 > ][][ ][][ > In October 2001, the United States did in fact invade Afghanistan, > right on schedule, the attacks on the World Trade Towers occurred at > just the exact moment when the United States needed a population angry > enough to support a war. > ][][ ][][ Dr.BruceIvins2003 Pentagon DOD AWARD ][][ > March 14, 2003: Dr.BruceIvinswins highest civilian award from > Defense Dept.http://professorhex.blogspot.com/2008/08/anthrax-bruce-ivins-wins-hig... > Friday, August 08, 2008 > At a Pentagon ceremony on March 14, 2003,Ivinsand two colleagues > from USAMRIID were bestowed the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian > Service, the highest honor given to nonmilitary employees of the > Defense Department. “Awards are nice,”Ivinssaid in accepting the > honor. “But the real satisfaction is knowing the vaccine is back on > line.
> Dr.BruceIvins, was a microbiologist at the US Army Medical Research > Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, > Maryland > ][][ ][][ NYT 9-4-01 Germ Warfare by Judith Miller ][][ > U.S. Germ Warfare Research Pushes Treaty Limits > THIS ARTICLE WAS REPORTED AND WRITTEN BY JUDITH MILLER, STEPHEN > ENGELBERG AND WILLIAM J. BROAD.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E1D71639F937A3575A... > September 4, 2001 > ][][ ][][ Amerithrax FBI ][][ > Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, > occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, > 2001. Letters containinganthraxspores were mailed to several news > media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people > and infecting 17 others. > Attack blamed on Al Qaida and Iraqhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks#Attack_blamed_on_Al... > The Pursuit of Steven Hatfillhttp://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/pursuithatfill.html
> U.S. settles withanthraxmailings subject Steven Hatfill for $5.82 > million > Prosecutors said the payout means that the former Army scientist will > likely never be charged in connection with the deaths of 5 people who > came in contact with the deadly spores.http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-anthrax28-2008ju... > June 28, 2008 > ][][ ][][ Barbara Hatch Rosenberg indicatesDr.Stephen Hatfill ][] > [ 1990’s legal proceedings ][][ ][][ > CAUGHT ON TAPE An investigation was launched that exposed the > shockingly lax security measures at the lab, and raised the > possibility that some specimens may never have been entered in lab > records. Also uncovered was a tape from a surveillance camera showing > the entry of an unauthorized person into the lab, at 8:40, on January > 23, 1992, let in byDr. Marian Rippy, lab pathologist. The night > visitor was Lt. Col. Philip Zack, a former employee who had left as a > result of a dispute with the
