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Was FBI too quick to judge anthrax suspect the killer?

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Scouring the anthrax-laced mail that took five lives and terrorized the East Coast in 2001, scientists discovered a unique contaminant--a tiny scientific fingerprint that they hoped would help unmask the killer. Yet once FBI agents concluded that the likely culprit was Bruce Ivins--a mentally troubled, but widely regarded Army microbiologist -- they stopped looking for the contaminant,despite finding no traces of the substance in hundreds of environmental samples from Ivins' lab, office, car and home.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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