Evidence linking anthrax to Bruce Ivins 'not as definitive as stated,' panel says
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers say they have no reason to believe federal scientist Bruce Ivins was not involved in mailing letters containing anthrax that killed five people. But they find some cracks in the FBI's conclusions. Evidence linking the anthrax that killed five people in 2001 to a flask of the spores in the laboratory of federal microbiologist Bruce E. Ivins was not as definitive as the FBI claimed, a panel of researchers said Tuesday .