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| Maryland scientist's home searched in anthrax probe |
| 2002-06-26 |
| The FBI searched the apartment Tuesday of a biological weapons scientist in Frederick as part of the investigation into the mailing of anthrax-laced letters that killed five people last fall. An FBI car and Ryder rental truck were parked Tuesday evening outside Detrick Plaza apartments, and agents were carrying out large trash bags filled with unknown materials collected inside. The low-rise apartments are just outside the main gate to Fort Detrick. The scientist agreed to the search in the hope that it would remove his name from the list of possible suspects in the investigation, one law enforcement official said. The scientist, whom The Sun is not naming because he has not been charged or identified as a suspect, worked at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, the top military bioterrorism research facility, for about two years in the late 1990s. I imagine he'll be cleared. I still think they're looking in the wrong place, though I'll admit I could be wrong. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |