A collection of stories tagged 'bruce ivins' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:41:59 EST 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 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 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 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 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 Authorities investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks are to begin meeting with victims' families to discuss the case. Some documents are expected to be released Wednesday. Army scientist Bruce Ivins committed suicide last week as prosecutors were said to be preparing charges against him. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53799 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93329953&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT Family members of victims of the anthrax attacks are expected to be briefed soon on why the FBI thinks Army scientist Bruce Ivins mailed the contaminated letters. Relatives says they want to hear why it took so long for the FBI to focus on Ivins. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53777 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93313767&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:15:00 EDT The FBI is not going to close the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people. Last week, Army scientist Bruce Ivins apparently committed suicide after emerging as a key suspect in the deadly attacks. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53784 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93313764&ft=1&f=1070 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:13:00 EDT As top officials at the Justice Department and FBI prepare to brief victims' family members Friday on the case against suspected anthrax killer Bruce Ivins, new information is emerging about a long-troubled man unraveling under the weight of the investigation. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53774 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93305949&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:04:00 EDT Investigators apparently used a DNA fingerprint to link anthrax used in the 2001 attacks to the lab where scientist Bruce Ivins worked. But the science surrounding this technique is far less certain than the DNA fingerprints of people that have become routine in criminal trials. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53726 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93278578&ft=1&f=1007 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT Bruce Ivins, the prime suspect in the anthrax letter attacks of 2001, killed himself last week when he learned that he might be charged. But recent reports indicate that the FBI's case against him may have been circumstantial at best. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53686 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93250742&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, whose office was a target of the anthrax attacks in 2001, says he wants to know more about the investigation that pointed to scientist Bruce Ivins as the government's main suspect. Ivins died last week in what has been ruled a suicide. Renee Montagne talks with Daschle about the FBI investigation. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53692 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93250771&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT NPR's FBI correspondent Dina Temple-Raston talks to host Andrea Seabrook about the latest developments in the anthrax investigation. Her sources say the government could have been weeks away from indicting Bruce Ivins, the army scientist who committed suicide last week. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53668 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93241941&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT