Friday, June 27, 2008
Creepy scientist accused of anthrax attacks cashes in
Steven Hatfill, former Army scientist named “a person of interest” in the 2001 anthrax attacks will receive $5.8 million to settle his lawsuit against the Justice Department. Former Attorney General John Ashcroft wont have to pay a cent of that figure even though he’s the one that made a public spectacle in naming Hatfill.
I miss John Ashcroft. Not only could he sing a pretty tune, he once lost an election for the U.S. Senate against a dead man. How funny is that?
Back in 2001 when the anthrax attacks were going on, Steven Hatfill worked at Fort Detrick in nearby Frederick. I used to work with a guy whose wife worked at Fort Detrick. Though she didn’t personally know Hatfill, she knew who he was. She said that everyone that knew Hatfill immediately suspected him of the attacks. When it comes to knowing how to manufacture weapons grade anthrax, there aren’t that many people with the skill and knowledge required. Not only did Hatfill have both of those things, he was also supposedly really weird. Supposedly he just gave people there the creeps.
And these are people that work around the world’s most dangerous pathogens on a daily basis.
