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An Anthrax tip...

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Posted by Larisa Alexandrovna on August 04, 2008 at 04:33 PM

UPDATE BELOW

To my colleagues in the press running around after the Anthrax story, I have gotten an interesting comment that could be a tip worth following. Let me be clear, I do not know who this is or if the person is using their real name or if any of the allegations are true. But I am also not investigating this story for an article as I am traveling for a different story at the moment. I have the commentators email and will share it with reputable journalists so long as there is an agreement that the person's contact information remain private until you are able to get a release from him. Contact me at my RS account.

For those of you on this story, I think you should see if you can locate the person named and see if you can authenticate that it was them who posted the comment. If it pans out, then your next question to the FBI will be obvious (hint: the son):

I have been a close friend of Dr. Bruce Ivins for years. The FBI needed a scapegoat, especially after Stephen Hatfill, whose foot the FBI ran over, won a $5.2 M lawsuit against them.

The new FBI director needed a capture in this case. So, they took all of the Ft. Detrick anthrax researchers and put them under intense interrogation.

Bruce was a mild, meek and sensitive scientist. The FBI showed his clinically depressed daughter, who was institutionalized in a mental hospital, photos of the anthrax victims, and said "your father did this." They offered his son $2.5 M and a sportscar if he would "rat" on his father.

Bruce could not stand stand up to the constant harrasment by the FBI. So we have lost a very talented researcher, so that the FBI can close the case...

Posted by:Dr. Gerry Higgins |
August 04, 2008 at 07:02 AM

UPDATE ONE       

A number of well respected journalists have taken the tip. So I think we are going to see some stories either way, depending on the source information. I have had a few conversations with some FEEBS I know and thus far - right now anyway - it would appear that the FBI put some incredibly unethical pressure on this man. If what I have thus far heard pans out and is reported in the next few days, then you will see what I am talking about and if it is true, then there should be an investigation into illegal FBI activities and methods. I will keep you posted.

Is this Dr. Gerry Higgins???

Gerald Higgins, PhD
Laerdal Medical
(301) 565-3388
Gerry.Higgins@laerdal.com

Bio:

http://www.hypercosm.com/company/people/higginsg.html