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Justice Department Filing Casts Doubt on Guilt of Bruce Ivins, Accused in Anthrax Case

Justice Department Filing Casts Doubt on Guilt of Bruce Ivins, Accused in Anthrax Case

by Mike Wiser, PBS FRONTLINE, Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, and Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica July 18, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has called into question a key pillar of the FBI’s case against Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of mailing the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and terrorized Congress a decade ago....
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Fort Detrick To Get New Consolidated Logistics Center

Arrow Kinsley JV II, York, Penn., was awarded a $19,869,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of a consolidated logistics center at Fort Detrick, Md. Work will be performed in Frederick, Md., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 27, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 15 bids...
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Frederick County Health Officials are Expected to Conclude Fort Detrick Does not have a Cancer Cluster

According to news reports from the Associated Press, as reported on TBD.com, Frederick County Health Officials are expected to report on Monday January 3, 2011 that it has conducted a health survey in Frederick County.  According to the news reports, the County health department’s preliminary finding is that there does not appear to be...
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Fort Detrick Added to Superfund List; Agrees to Toxic Cleanup

Armytimes.com and the Associated Press are reporting on December 17, 2010 that Senator Ben Cardin has announced that a legally binding agreement has been signed between the Defense Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to govern a toxic cleanup of a contaminated site at Fort Detrick.  The agreement, according to the reports will include 400 acres...
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