Anthrax subject receives payout $5.82 million
The U.S. settles with Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, whom it targeted after deadly mailings but never arrested.
June 28, 2008|David Willman, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — The former Army scientist who was the prime suspect in the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings agreed Friday to take $5.82 million from the government to settle his claim that the Justice Department and the FBI invaded his privacy and ruined his career.
Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, 54, who was called a “person of interest” in the case by then-Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft in 2002, said that label and repeated leaks of investigative details to the media damaged his reputation.