“Florida Supreme Court Hears Anthrax Case,” NewsChannel7, May 5, 2008
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/18630714.html
TrebleRebel, perhaps you could email the attorney for Stevens (the second one named) and ask why they think the anthrax came from Battelle.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFfQUXVgDnVhDt_RdxG3hZzbrHjAD90FO1CO0
Florida court hear arguments in anthrax death lawsuit
“Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Bucholtz and Battelle lawyer Tami Lyn Azorsky argued there’s no way their clients could foresee the material would be used as a terror weapon because it had never happened before. The facilities use anthrax to develop counter measures and drugs to protect against or treat it, the lawyers said.
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Stevens’ lawyer, Phillip Burlington, argued such high-risk materials are an exception to the special relationship rule and that its potential misuse should have been obvious.
“When you are dealing with biological warfare materials it is not unreasonable in this day and age to expect the government to reasonably anticipate that, or a private lab,” Burlington said.
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The suit also claims the government and Battelle are negligent because they failed to keep it secured.”
In terms of Al-Timimi’s potential access, both leading anthrax scientist Ken and former deputy Charles were consultants to Battelle in 1999. What did they do for Battelle?