Dead Army Vaccine Scientist Eyed in Anthrax Case

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SelectPlusDead Army Vaccine Scientist Eyed in Anthrax CaseDead Army Vaccine Scientist Eyed in Anthrax CaseThe Associated PressFederal prosecutors investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks were planning to indict and seek the death penalty against a top Army microbiologist suspected of releasing the deadly toxin to test anthrax drugs he was developing. (Aug. 1)U S officials say the Army scientist they suspected in the 2001 deadly anthrax attacks may have released the toxin as a way to test the strength of the drugs he was working on.Bruce Ivins committed suicide this week just as federal prosecutors say they were planning to indict and seek the death penalty against him.Ivins, seen here juggling at a 1984 St. Patricks Day festival in Maryland, was a top microbiologist who worked at this lab in Maryland.He was working to develop an Anthrax vaccine and complained about the limitations of testing on animals.Authorities theorize that the anthrax may have been sent as a way test the new vaccines.Five people were killed in those attacks that terrified a nation already on edge from the Nine Eleven attacks.A lawyer for Ivins, though, says he was innocent and that his death is the result of the governments relentless pressure of accusation and innuendo. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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