I’ve still been following the unfolding of the FBI’s claims that Dr. Bruce Ivans was responsible for the anthrax attacks. So far I’m not seeing the compelling evidence I’d hoped. Fortunately, the blogosphere includes an anthrax expert. In her Anthrax Vaccine blog, Meryl Nass, M.D. takes apart the FBI’s weak case piece by piece.
This one item on Dr. Nass’s is pretty convincing:
10. Mental health. If Ivins was so out of control, so scary, why was he allowed to keep working in a high containment lab with access to some of the world’s deadliest pathogens for so long?
I can’t help but think Ivins is the fall guy, pressured to the point where he couldn’t take it anymore. I think its shameful how these press leaks are framing the man – one who will not get his day in court.
Dead or alive, the man is still innocent until proven guilty. If Dr. Ivins is the anthrax killer, show us evidence worthy of a conviction. Put up or shut up, because right now it looks like the FBI is desperately grabbing at straws.