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EXCLUSIVE: How the FBI Botched the Anthrax Case
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5276220&page=2

written by an agent assigned to the case - he seems to blame “inexperienced management” - comforting to know that the FBI didn;t have anyone with experience to assign to the investigation.

No mention of the spore science which is the key to everything.

Wow, that is a very interesting piece indeed, and I certainly have a lot of respect for Mr. Garrett for going on the record with his beliefs. It even has a picture of him in addition to his name, and that shows a lot more guts than your typical anonymous mid-level bureaucrat or former bureaucrat who usually exists pretty much in the shadows.

But I do find his failure to "comment on the guilt or innocence of Hatfill" a bit disturbing. There is a very subtle but definite implication there that they had the right man, but the higher-ups screwed up their ability to nail him. He is smart enough not to say it directly, but now that the settlement has been made, it's time to put an end to these kinds of sly hatchet jobs. You're still innocent until proven guilty in America, and if you don't even have enough evidence to get an indictment, the correct answer is "innocent".

And like almost all the other articles, he fails to make any mention at all of the people who pointed the finger at Hatfill in the first place, which makes the article less than completely honest.