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Academy of Sciences to review anthrax evidence
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday May 8, 2009 11:48:04 EDT
Posted : Friday May 8, 2009 11:48:04 EDT
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences will review the science behind the FBI’s conclusion that Army scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.
The Washington-based academy said Friday that the FBI will pay it nearly $880,000 for an independent, 15-month review of the genetic and chemical studies investigators used to link Ivins to the anthrax used in the attacks.
The committee will not assess the bureau’s detective work or its conclusion that Ivins acted alone.
Ivins worked at Fort Detrick in Frederick. He killed himself in July as investigators were preparing to charge him. Some colleagues have expressed doubt about the FBI’s conclusions.
The scientific review was first reported Thursday in The New York Times.
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