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Truly, they have painted themselves in a corner. Hatfill will get a tidy sum and he deserves it for what they have put him through.

This is another popular misconception, just like the nonsense about coatings and additives.

The depositions in the Hatfill v Ashcroft lawsuit clearly show that the FBI was pressured into publicly investigating Dr. Hatfill by the staffs of Senators Daschle and Leahy. Those staffs even got briefings on search warrants, the results of searches, and the results of lie detector tests. It was ILLEGAL for the FBI to give that information to those staff members, because it is a violation of the Privacy Act. That is why Hatfill will win his case. The FBI freely admits that they gave such information to the staffers and that it was in violation of the Privacy Act.

The public harassment of Dr. Hatfill began in late June, 2002, after more than SIX MONTHS of repeated demands from politically motivated conspiracy theorists, from the media, and from politicians who believed those conspiracy theorists. They were all claiming that the FBI was covering up for Dr. Hatfill. The only way the FBI could prove that they weren't covering up for Dr. Hatfill was to publicly investigate him.

So, blaming the FBI for the harassment of Dr. Hatfill is just another example of not looking at ALL the facts.

I also want to blame BHR (Barbara Hatch Rosenberg) but the FBI is complicit also. They allowed the senate staffers to make them talk. They should never had said a word, but the public does have a voice, just as Cong. Holt is expressing the frustrations now.

We are the employers of the FBI and they do need to answer for things gone wrong. But they should not ever have allowed themselves to get into the position that they are now in. One thing leads to another.

And you are absolutely 100% wrong about it being the Islamic extremists. It is!!!!

I'll just thank you in advance for this nice disclaimer in your book.

Does 1% of Ed Lake think I'm right???