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The Anthrax Letters: Should the Case be Closed?
The prime suspect in the anthrax letters episode committed suicide, so he'll never be tried, but the Justice Department says he was guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." Also, President Bush criticizes China on the eve of the Olympics, and the Mayor of Detroit will be spending the night in jail and it's not clear who's running the city.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe prime suspect in the anthrax letters episode committed suicide, so he'll never be tried, but the Justice Department says he was guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." What's the evidence? Is it certain Dr. Bruce Ivins acted alone? Has the investigation made the country safer from biological terrorism? Also, President Bush criticizes China on the eve of the Olympics, and it's unclear who's in charge of Detroit today. There is no Deputy Mayor, and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been sent to jail.
Banner image: Joseph Persichini (C), Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, with Jeff Taylor US Attorney for the District of Columbia (L), and Chief Postal Inspector Alexander Lazaroff of the US Postal Service (R), explains recent developments in the government's Amerithrax case
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3 storiesBush Criticizes China on Eve of the Olympics
President Bush has arrived in Beijing for the opening of the Olympics, after a speech in Bangkok, praising Thailand as the "land of the free" and criticizing China's record on human rights.
Read the story6 minClosing a Chapter on the 2001 Anthrax Scare
At a news conference yesterday, the Justice Department said Dr. Bruce Ivins was the only person with access to the strain of anthrax that killed five and panicked the nation after September 11. It claimed FBI evidence would have proven him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt if he'd lived long enough to go on trial instead of committing suicide.
Read the story35 minDetroit Mayor Ordered To Jail
The Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick , faces felony charges, including misconduct in office. He was free on his own recognizance until last week, when Wayne County officials claimed he assaulted them when they tried to serve a subpoena.
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