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Article: How did anthrax suspect Ivins keep security clearance?(microbiologist Bruce Ivins)(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 8, 2008
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Byline: Peter Grier and Gordon Lubold Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- Army microbiologist Bruce Ivins may or may not have been the anthrax killer. But FBI documents about his case released Wednesday raise another troubling question: Why did he retain security clearance and access to deadly pathogens, despite years of strange - sometimes disturbing - behavior?
It is possible Dr. Ivins's superiors were unaware that he had sought help for mental-health problems as early as 2000. And perhaps the FBI did not want to alert him to their suspicions by starting a formal clearance review.
It is also possible that family ...