It’s inconceivable to me that anyone could trust anything the FBI says about this investigation at this point.
In seven years, they have nothing but a $5 million tab for smearing an innocent man. Now, out of the blue, we have a dead guy and a closed case? I don’t think so.
bttt
I agree and I don't either, but the majority of people who don't follow this sort of stuff as closely as we do here at F.R. will generally swallow most of what they hear.
Most people are just going to assume that this guy was guilty all the way. But had Hatfill given up and committed suicide years ago instead of deciding to stand and fight, would people have believed the same thing about him? Almost certainly so.
Already, friends and colleagues of Ivins are beginning to come out to say that they don't believe he had anything to do with this.