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Costly anthrax settlement
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Daily Breeze
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July 13, 2008
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There are few qualities as fragile as one's reputation.
That's a lesson that's gone down hard for both the U.S.
Department of Justice and the man the department publicly named as a
"person of interest" in the fatal anthrax attacks of 2001.
The administration recently agreed to a lawsuit settlement that
will pay germ warfare scientist Steven Hatfill $5.8million.
It's a costly and embarrassing development for the Bush
administration, particularly since the anthrax attacks remain
unsolved.
Shortly after the 9-11 attacks in 2001, five people died and 17
others were sickened by anthrax, an infectious disease used as a
biological weapon. The people affected had come into contact with ...