Hatfill Gives Press Conference

Fox news | 08-25-02 | Steve Hatfill

[at bay]

Just watched the Hatfill press conference. FBI continuing on its theory that this was something that originated from the US and that Atta must have had athlete's foot or something. Hatfill, if innocent, is rightly indignant at his treatment.

[at bay]

Having been the focus of a crank letter investigation, one mistake Hatfill is making is offering handwriting exemplars. Handwriting analysis is no recognized science and the FBI will surely have personel that are willing to say he is the maker of the letters. In my case the investigators went to several labs who turned thumbs down on id'ing me, and they finally found a stooge at the Postal Inspectors office in San Bruno willing to give them his say so. Only when the stooge's own teacher expressed doubts as to the handwriting analysis was the case dropped. I later sued for arrest without probable cause and won, but was hardly compensated for being jailed for a month. The FBI is a vengeful organization that deals with its critics regardless of the passage of time. See "Tainting Evidence" the book about the phony FBI crime lab.

[Dog]

That was a rerun you saw.

[floriduh voter]

There's another thread re: this if you wonder where everyone is. BTTT. I think they're trying to set up Ashcroft so they can try to remove him as usag when they return from their vacation. Hatfill is just a pawn but there's something odd going on. The only time I hear about Hatfill is from Hatfill. If he doesn't want attention, get off of my tv!

[floriduh voter]

For research purposes, did anyone catch the name of Hatfill's attorney? I bet he's from a klintoon law firm, like Kendall's or Boies. I think it was spelled Ginsberg, Esq. It'd be easy to find him on a law firm search if we had his first name. Then, how hard would it be to connect him to klintoon and carville? Not very... Fv

[floriduh voter]

See my post #4. Let's check out this attorney and compare notes on this thread. I'll pick up the attorney's name later tonight. Have a nice week.

[at bay]

He spoke not of himself but of the treatment a "person of interest" gets. People wrongfully accused should not crawl into a cave but come out fighting. If they have a case against him, charge him. Why you are bothered by presumably innocent people who have been smeared in the press going public with their protestations of innocence is beyond me. Hope it never happens to you, you might be singing praises to the ACLU like you never imagined.

[John Jorsett]

Hatfill's getting the Richard Jewell treatment from the FBI, complete with strategic leaks to the press. If he wants his side of the story to have a chance, getting in front of the camera is his only option.

[floriduh voter]

From my perspective, which is living in Florida and reading Fla. papers, etc., we are not getting wind of the smearization of Steven Hatfill. The only time I see him is when he holds a press conference.

Where are the other nineteen? Are they going to hold press conferences too? Finally, we do not know if the FBI who have been handling this matter are clinton holdovers or not and if somebody's going to hold a press conference like Hatfill just did and mention a commandment, they should at the least make sure they pick the right one and the crocodile tears - that's where he lost me. ALL MY OPINION. You can hold an opposite view. Time will tell what's really going on.

Fregards, from a Southwest Airlines random searched passenger twice. I've been pulled from the line and that was more inconvenient than a useful exercise in safety. You don't hear me saying how glad I was to do it.

[Lion's Cub]

Fregards, from a Southwest Airlines random searched passenger twice.

No reflection on Soutwest, but your mention of random searches reminded me. I've been wondering if anyone who was pulled out for the search has ever had the nerve to ask to see the screener's green card :)

[Howlin]

I thought so, too, but he actually came out today and talked again and talked LONGER than the one before. He's NOT helping himself, IMO.

[Dog]

Oops now you tell me........after I flamed the dude....:-)

[gdc61]

"i am not the anthax killer, Mr. Ashcroft!!" Dr. Stephen Hatfill.......... sounds alot like "i did not have sexual relations with that woman............" hmmmmm;)

[not-alone]

I read very little of our liberal south Florida press, but have seen enough about this poor guy I thought he was guilty. Now I have changed my mind, at least about the evidence against him and the way he has been treated. I admire his courage for fighting back. Too many of us are supporting anything the administration does sort of like the Clinton backers did ,I'm afraid.

[Orangedog]

That move would likely get you a cavity search.

[Dog]

LOL!

I dare you to......make for a hell of an after action report here.......:-)

[Howlin]

That was no flame.

[honway]

http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/oct/24ny6.htm

Link

US firm in Pakistan gets anthrax letter

Muhammad Najeeb in Islamabad

Two anthrax attack cases involving multinational companies, including an American firm, have occurred in Pakistan, but officials are trying to keep them under wraps for reasons unknown, reports said.

A report in The News and the Jang dailies said last week senior executives at two business organisations in Karachi -- an international bank and a computer-marketing firm -- received international mail that carried anthrax spores with some powdery material.

A number of staff members at both the organisations are now being treated for anthrax.

A senior staff member at the main laboratory of the Aga Khan University and Hospital in Karachi said tests have revealed that one of the two mails was loaded with anthrax, while the other had traces of the bacterium.

Medical experts say since the first cases of anthrax have already been confirmed in Pakistan, authorities must immediately launch a public awareness exercise as almost all forms of anthrax, if caught early, can be cured.

Indo-Asian News Service

Any indication from the FBI about the motivation of the U.S. domestic terrorist mailing anthrax in Pakistan

[Alissa]

Yes, the "person of interest" argument was very powerful! I do think he made a GOOD case contrary to the other posters who think he damaged himself. Ashcroft NEEDS to answer as far as I'm concerned! We've seen this scenario by the Feds too many times: Jewell, Waco, etc.

[honway]

http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/nov/02ny5.htm

Link

Anthrax mailed to Pakistan's Jang group

Nov 1,2001

A major publication group in Pakistan, Jang, has put its staff on antibiotics and hired a top microbiologist to disinfect its main editorial room in Karachi, after tests confirmed that the powdery substance sent along with a press release earlier contained anthrax spores.

The anthrax scare that hit the American media has spread to the Pakistan press as well, The News, part of Jang publications said on Friday, confirming that envelopes containing anthrax spores were received in the group's offices at Karachi, Quetta, Rawalpindi and London.

However, none of the employees exposed to the mail has tested positive for anthrax so far, it said.

But the staffers of the Jang in Karachi were put on antibiotics.

The News in a report also said that top microbiologists made staffers vacate the main editorial rooms in Karachi.

"The lab tests on Thursday confirmed that the white powdery substance has anthrax spores. We have hired Aga Khan Hospital's microbiologists to disinfect our main editorial sections," the newspaper quoted a management official as saying.

"We have advised our workers to be on high alert especially when they handle mail," the report added.

The measures were taken after tests confirmed that a press release received by one of the newspaper's reporters on October 23 contained anthrax spores.

So far, Pakistan has two confirmed cases of anthrax. Both were reported from multinational companies in Karachi after their staff received mail with anthrax spores.

Ashcroft is not dumb enough to believe Hatfill is responsible for the anthrax mailings in Pakistan. So much for bringing his "Christian" values to the Department of Justice. At least he covered up the naked statue. Reno would be proud of his performance in the Hatfill case.

[Kaslin]

That was a rerun you saw.

No, it wasn't

Hatfill Files Complaint on FBI Probe
Sun Aug 25, 2:20 PM ET

By RON KAMPEAS, Associated Press Writer

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The biowarfare expert under scrutiny in the anthrax attacks declared, "I am not the anthrax killer," and lashed out Sunday against Attorney General John Ashcroft ( news - web sites) for calling him a "person of interest" in the investigation.

Dr. Stephen J. Hatfill said the FBI ( news - web sites) has agreed to his offer to provide blood and writing samples. He said he wants the results released and has offered to waive privacy rules to allow that.

For the second time in two weeks, the scientist went before a throng of reporters outside his lawyer's office to profess his innocence and decry the attention from law enforcers that he contends has destroyed his life.

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