Posted on 03/09/2007 9:56:35 AM PST by EdLake
Tables Turned In Anthrax Investigation
"Person Of Interest" Files Lawsuit Against FBI
March 9, 2007
(CBS) They followed him. They brought bloodhounds into his home. The attorney general identified him to the world as a "person of interest" in the first major bioterrorism attack in the nation's history.
But five years after letters sent through the U.S. mail containing anthrax killed five and injured 17, the FBI has yet to charge Dr. Steven Hatfill. In 2003, he sued the government.
The resulting depositions of FBI personnel and law enforcement records obtained by 60 Minutes provide an inside look into one of the FBI's biggest investigations ever and raise the possibility that the bureau may have a cold case on its hands.
Correspondent Lesley Stahl's report, which contains revelations from those depositions, will be broadcast this Sunday, March 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
According to depositions taken for Hatfill's suit and obtained by 60 Minutes, the FBI official who oversaw the investigation says the bureau was looking at many more people.
"There were … 20 to 30 other people who were also likewise identified as 'persons of interest' in the investigation,' " the FBI's Richard Lambert says under oath.
60 Minutes has learned that today at least a dozen of those other people still have not been eliminated as so-called "persons of interest."
"Welcome to Castle Anthrax."
Sorry, couldn't resist.
(posted) Dupe:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1798079/posts
He has a point. The FBI's "interest" in him totally destroyed the man's career, yet he still hasn't even been charged with anything, much less proven guilty.
Sadly, every liberal "knows" Hatfill is guilty because he's been indetified as a "right winger".
There are people on this forum who insist on accuracy. The actual quote is:
ZOOT: Welcome, gentle Sir Knight. Welcome to the Castle Anthrax.
GALAHAD: The Castle Anthrax?
ZOOT: Yes. Oh, it's not a very good name, is it? Oh, but we are nice and we will attend to your every, every need!
GALAHAD: You are the keepers of the Holy Grail?
And has probably led to the failure to ever identify the actual guilty party.
Yes, but the FACTS say that the FBI was pressured into publicly investigating Dr. Hatfill. Check the link HERE.
And, lest we forget, the lawsuit Dr. Hatfill filed against Vanity Fair magazine and Readers' Digest has been settled -- quite probably for a LARGE sum of money.
Sometimes law enforcement agencies start going after one suspect to the exclusion of all others. This can cause them to not be open minded enough to find the real perpetrator, when they've started with the wrong suspect.
I can't deny that, but it doesn't seem to be the case with this investigation.
Initially, like everyone else, the FBI figured it must have been al Qaeda or Iraq. Click HERE for details.
Then they were looking hard at a former Battelle employee. But he had a perfect alibi for the time of the first mailing. Click HERE for details.
Gradually, the evidence began to point to someone who lives and works in Central New Jersey. Click HERE for details.
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