“In ruling for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, which were seeking the documents in a lawsuit, Lamberth wrote that the public has “a legitimate interest in observing and understanding how and why the investigation progressed in the way that it did.”
In 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft named Hatfill as a “person of interest” in the anthrax mailings, which killed five people and sickened 17 others. In June, the former bio-weapons researcher settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations by the Justice Department for $5.85 million. He was later officially “excluded” by prosecutors as a suspect in the attacks.
Authorities now say that bacteriologist Bruce E. Ivins, who committed suicide in July, was the sole perpetrator of the crime....”
I'm a bit worried about how the media will interpret the documents, but I think this is a step in the right direction.
One of the BIG lessons to be learned from what happened to Dr. Hatfill is that when scientists turn into conspiracy theorists, they can get politicians, the media and the public to listen - even if what they are saying is TOTAL NONSENSE.