I read this story today too (CNN ?) Supposedly, Ivins “got checked out” in the use of this gear, signed for it,and worked with it.
I’d GUESS there was more than enough data to consider him a strong suspect;but nowhere near enough to present a winnable case.
Again: the FBI’s “Office of Profession Responsibility” should be all over this case - nailing down the leaker(s).
Yesterday morning the leaks started that the mailbox was “100 yards” from a sorority.
By the afternoon it is admitted their is no sorority “house”, which is what the leaker probably meant to imply, but some kind of storage space for the group, and no external evidence any one else would know about it.
This morning the story was he had access to a “dryer.” By noon friends explained this was not unusual and he had a project needed for it. By late afternoon NPR suggests this piece of equipment was not the only one required for the attacks.
Grassley said if the case closes the Senate will do a full examination. I predict the case won’t be “closed.”