Bruce Ivins

• Paul F. Kemp, Attorney to Dr. Bruce Ivins, Discusses High-Profile Cases

Paul F. Kemp received a phone call from lawyers in Frederick in the spring of 2007 asking for his help representing a client, a Fort Detrick biodefense scientist under a grand-jury investigation in connection with the 2001 anthrax mailings. Kemp agreed and did not think it was going to be a "high- profile" case, unlike the time Mike Tyson's manager called in the late 1990s asking for legal representation for the boxer.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• August 18, 2008

• Panel: Investigation Missed Clues in Anthrax Case

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A court-ordered review found Wednesday that security screeners repeatedly failed to recognize signs of mental illness that should have prevented the man blamed for deadly 2001 anthrax attacks from working with the deadly spores at the Army's flagship biodefense laboratory. A panel of experts said Bruce Ivins' long history of psychiatric problems didn't reach the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases because he omitted it on annual, self- disclosure medical forms and because background investigators didn't follow up on the clues he did offer. The panel said his psychiatric history was readily available because he had signed multiple waivers of his medical privacy rights.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• March 25, 2011

• Statement Regarding Bruce Ivins

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: American Red Cross Public Affairs, +1-202-303-5551

• U.S. Newswire
• August 01, 2008

• Review Panel Faults Fbi On Anthrax Probe ; Report Questions Conclusions in 2001 Attacks

A National Research Council committee on Tuesday questioned the scientific approaches and conclusions in the FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax mailings, saying that while the bureau's scientific data provided leads to the deadly chemical's origin, it could not rule out other possible sources. The committee's lengthy report said it was "not possible to reach a definitive conclusion about the origins of the anthrax in letters mailed to New York City and Washington, D.C.," which the FBI said led directly to Bruce Ivins. The 52-year-old federal researcher committed suicide in 2008 when the bureau began to focus on him as the suspect in the attacks, which left five people dead.

• The Washington Times
• February 16, 2011

• Statement From Venable Attorneys Representing Dr. Bruce Ivins Responding to Justice Department Press Conference Naming Dr. Ivins As Sole Suspect in 2001 Anthrax Attacks

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Allan Ripp, +1-212-262-7477, arippnyc@aol.com, or Charles Wilkins, +1-202-344-8253, cfwilkins@venable.com both of Venable LLP

• U.S. Newswire
• August 06, 2008

• U.S. To Pay $2.5m to Widow, Family in Photo Editor's Anthrax Death

nation & world MIAMI | More than a decade after tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens became the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the U.S. government has agreed to pay his widow and family $2.5 million to settle their lawsuit, according to documents released Tuesday. Stevens, 63, died on Oct. 5, 2001, when a letter with anthrax spores was opened at the headquarters of American Media Inc. Four other people would die and 17 others would be sickened in similar attacks, which the FBI blames on a government scientist, Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• November 30, 2011

• Panel: Anthrax-Attack; Suspect Sent Up Red Flags ; Scientist in '01 Scare Called Unstable

The man responsible for the 2001 Amerithrax anthrax scare showed signs of instability for decades and should not have been given a security clearance to work in an Army research lab, a panel of scientists has concluded after a court-ordered review of his case. Bruce E. Ivins was motivated by revenge and a desire for personal and career validation - emotions that should have sent up red flags to his employers. The panel said Ivins did not disclose his mental illness on medical forms, and officials did not follow up on his troubling behavior.

• The Washington Times
• March 24, 2011

• Fbi Says Scientist Was Anthrax Killer

WASHINGTON -- The FBI sought to close the book on its long, frustrating hunt for the killer behind the 2001 anthrax letters Friday, formally ending its investigation and concluding a mentally unhinged scientist was responsible for killing five people and unnerving Americans nationwide. After years of false leads, no arrests and public criticism, the FBI and Justice Department said Dr. Bruce Ivins, a government researcher, acted alone.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• February 20, 2010

• Panel Hits Anthrax Evidence in Probe

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Federal investigators overstated the scientific case against the late Army researcher blamed for the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people, a panel of scientists said Tuesday. The National Research Council committee held a briefing in Washington on its 170-page report, which examines the novel microbial forensic techniques used by the FBI to determine that Bruce Ivins, a researcher at Maryland's Fort Detrick, acted alone in making and sending the powdered spores.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• February 16, 2011

• The Read: ; Feds Say Scientist Was Sole Anthrax Killer; Justice Department Officials Produce 200 Pages of Evidence in Support of Charge

WASHINGTON - Army scientist Bruce Ivins had custody of highly purified anthrax spores linked to the 2001 attacks that killed five and access to the distinctive envelopes used to mail them, the government declared Wednesday, releasing a stack of documents to support a damning though circumstantial case. Ivins, a brilliant but deeply troubled man who committed suicide last week, was the anthrax killer whose mailings rattled the nation in the worst bioterror case in U.S. history, just a month after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, federal prosecutors asserted. They were backed by court documents that were a combination of hard DNA evidence, suspicious behavior, and sometimes outright speculation.

• Charleston Gazette
• August 07, 2008