Anthrax scientist Bruce Ivins slipped under the radar because of FBI obsession
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 19:14
in Earth & Climate
Records show that agents overlooked a series of early clues pointing to Ivins as the source of the 2001 deadly anthrax mailings and that the investigation remained locked on an ex-Army researcher. As federal authorities pursued the wrong suspect in the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, they ignored or overlooked a series of early clues that pointed to Army scientist Bruce E. Ivins, a review of investigative records by the Los Angeles Times shows.