OK, so we have Hatfill’s position...
But, what does McCoy have to say?
“Dammit, Jim, I’m just a doctor!”
Oops, you meant Jack McCoy from L&O, not “Bones” from Star Trek.
Jack McCoy wrote the government’s reply brief in the Stevens matter:
“Holding a laboratory responsible for Mr. Stevens’ murder is no different from holding a gun owner (or seller) liable for the conduct of a murderer using a stolen (or purchased) firearm.
“Such an attack (which had never before occurred in the United States) was certainly less foreseable than a murder using a firearm, which occurs daily...”
Jack can make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.