NJ congressman calls for probe into FBI anthrax investigation

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I didn't see this posted yet. Sorry if a dupe.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100303/UPDATES01/100303036/NJ-congressm

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey congressman is calling for a congressional investigation into the government's handling of a major anthrax investigation, which was closed last week.

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt believes the FBI botched the case from 2001, when anthrax-laced letters were sent from a mailbox in Princeton.


He also says the Postal Service and other agencies may not have learned the proper lessons from the attacks, which killed five people and sickened 17.


The FBI last month closed its investigation after concluding Army scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the attacks. Ivins killed himself in 2008.


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This is from March 3.


Also this posting at FDL March 4:

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/03/04/nadler-fbis-not-done-on-amerithrax/

Nadler: FBI’s Not Done on Amerithrax

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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, reiterated his call for an independent investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks which killed five people and sickened 17. He issued the following statement:

“Despite the FBI’s assertion that the case of the anthrax attacks is closed, there are still many troubling questions. For example, in a 2008 Judiciary Committee hearing, I asked FBI Director Robert Mueller whether Bruce Ivins was capable of producing the weaponized anthrax that was used in the attacks. To this day, it is still far from clear that Mr. Ivins had either the know-how or access to the equipment needed to produce the material. Because the FBI has not sufficiently answered such questions, I join Congressman Holt in urging an independent investigation of the case

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1. Good news! Thanks.

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3. Good. K&R