A collection of stories tagged 'anthrax' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:59:13 EST It is "more likely than not" that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack by the end of 2013, according to a report issued by a congressional commission. The report said the use of a biological weapon that could include something like the deadly anthrax bacteria is most likely. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60014 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97757063&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:29:00 EST FBI Director Robert Mueller testified Tuesday before a House panel about new investigative powers he seeks for the agency, the investigation into the anthrax attacks and the FBI's efforts to combat mortgage fraud. He says current rules hobble the agency's ability to assess whether someone or something is a threat. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55884 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94687783&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT Almost seven years after being exposed to anthrax, postal worker Patrick O'Donnell says he's a different man. He says he's glad the FBI found a suspect in the case, but the development can't solve all his problems. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55911 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94681346&ft=1&f=1021 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT The FBI has revealed new details about the scientific findings that led them to suspect Army scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people. Ivins committed suicide last month. The case against Ivins rests, in part, on a complex genetic technique. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54418 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93728829&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT The FBI has briefed journalists on the scientific data that led them to Army scientist Bruce Ivins. Ivins killed himself as prosecutors prepared to charge him as the lone anthrax killer. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54406 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93710969&ft=1&f=1070 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:40:00 EDT The recent anthrax investigation has brought to light the aggressive tactics of the FBI. It brought on questions about how far investigations should go and whether hardball tactics should remain legal. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54217 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93597384&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:38:00 EDT Anthrax infections occur mostly in wild and domestic animals, which can breathe in the bacteria spores as they root around in the soil. Even then, anthrax infections are rare in the United States, and the disease isn't contagious. But even with treatment, the disease can be fatal. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54055 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93496977&ft=1&f=1007 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:49:00 EDT The brother of Bruce Ivins, who killed himself while under investigation for the 2001 anthrax killings, says he was "stunned" after reading the affidavits in the case. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54019 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93483076&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:01:00 EDT The 2001 anthrax attacks led to a huge, expensive clean-up effort and sparked a brand new industry called "biodefense." NPR's David Kestenbaum and Andrea Seabrook talk about how monitoring, vaccination, and other costly biosecurity programs have borne limited results. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93483536&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:27:00 EDT Charles Ivins, the brother of Bruce Ivins, an Army scientist who killed himself last month while under investigation by the FBI in connection with the anthrax killings in 2001, says "it is very hard for me to accept the idea that he would do something like that." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53998 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478094&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDT U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) represents central New Jersey, which was drawn into the middle of the 2001 anthrax attacks when it was revealed that some of the deadly envelopes were mailed from Princeton, N.J. Holt talks with Liane Hansen. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53999 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478097&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDT The DOJ says it's confident Army scientist Bruce Ivins sent the deadly anthrax letters in 2001. But Ivins' lawyer says dozens, if not hundreds, of scientists and contractors had access to those same anthrax spores. A detailed look at the government's allegations and Ivins' defense. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53955 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93426239&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:14:00 EDT Read a transcript of the Aug. 6, 2008, news conference by U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor, FBI Assistant Director Joseph Persichini and other officials to discuss the government's investigation of Bruce Ivins, an Army microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax-letter attacks. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53933 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93415845&ft=1&f=1070 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:17:00 EDT The U.S. government released evidence this week in its case against Bruce Ivins, who killed himself last month after he learned he would be charged in the 2001 anthrax mailing attacks. The prosecution presented its arguments in a news conference instead of a courtroom, which left Ivins' attorney, Paul Kemp, unsatisfied. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53915 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93408946&ft=1&f=1070 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:47:00 EDT Attorneys on both sides of the FBI's case against microbiologist Bruce Ivins acknowledge much of the evidence is circumstantial, though they disagree as to whether that would have been enough to convict him. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53908 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93396864&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:07:00 EDT Bruce Ivins may have targeted Sens. Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy with anthrax-laced letters in 2001 because he saw them as bad Catholics owing to their pro-choice votes, officials close to the investigation say. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53894 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93385756&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:57:00 EDT The FBI has stated that evidence points to microbiologist Bruce Ivins as the sole person responsible for five deaths in 2001. In July, Ivins committed suicide as the government was preparing to indict him. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53885 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93381622&ft=1&f=1070 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:08:00 EDT The FBI says that, with government scientist Bruce Ivins' suicide, the government's case against him is effectively closed. Doubts are emerging, however, as to whether he really was the 2001 anthrax killer. His handwriting does not match up and he could not have possibly done it all alone, some say. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53870 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93374304&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT Documents show that anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins was troubled, but the evidence against him is largely circumstantial. Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor, discusses the investigation against the microbiologist, who committed suicide in July. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53880 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93381637&ft=1&f=1012 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT The Justice Department has made some evidence public in the case of scientist Bruce Ivins, the government's suspect in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people. A U.S. attorney said he is confident that the evidence would have been enough to make the case in court. Ivins committed suicide last week. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53851 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93364738&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:24:00 EDT The FBI released documents Wednesday, including e-mails written by Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist who killed himself after learning he was the prime suspect in the anthrax attacks investigation. The e-mails indicated what many called evidence of Ivins' declining grip on reality. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53852 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93364741&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT A federal judge has approved the release of details from the FBI's investigation of scientist Bruce Ivins, a suspect in the 2001 anthrax letters that killed five people. The FBI has briefed surviving victims and family members on its case against Ivins. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53838 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93351118&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT The FBI has laid out some of the evidence it has against Army scientist Bruce Ivins, who is accused of being behind the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. The evidence against Ivins, who committed suicide last week, is evaluated. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53842 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93351121&ft=1&f=1007 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT The anthrax attacks have been under investigation for more than six years. One of the reasons it's taken so long is that the FBI had to invent new scientific procedures to pin down where microscopic spores came from and who could have sent them. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53821 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93341389&ft=1&f=1012 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT The FBI on Wednesday unveiled a damning but largely circumstantial case against suspected anthrax killer Bruce Ivins. Hundreds of pages of documents, search warrants and other court records, show a deeply troubled man who was the "custodian" of a specific anthrax strain was used in the attacks. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53833 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93333658&ft=1&f=1070 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:07:00 EDT