Congressional investigators to review FBI work in anthrax case

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By Reuters
Thursday, September 16th, 2010 -- 9:38 pm


WASHINGTON -- Congressional investigators plan to examine how the FBI determined that one scientist was responsible for the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, a lawmaker said.

The Government Accountability Office will look into how reliable and accurate the FBI's scientific and technical methods were when it concluded Dr. Bruce Ivins was responsible for the anthrax-laced letters sent in 2001.

The letters killed five people, sickened 17 others, jolted a nation reeling from the September 11 attacks and resulted in one of the FBI's largest investigations ever, with more than 1,000 people facing scrutiny.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/investigators-review-fbi-anthrax/

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1. More wallowing in the past

It's time to look to the future, where George W. Bush and the Republicans will keep us safe from attack like they did before!

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2. Yep. Sure did a great job on 9/11 now didn't they.