Justice Department Retracts Court Filings That Undercut FBI's Anthrax Case

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This story was co-published with PBS Frontline and McClatchy. WASHINGTON — Rushing into court to undo a major blunder, Justice Department lawyers defending a civil suit Tuesday retracted statements that question the FBI's finding that a former Army microbiologist mailed the anthrax-filled letters that killed five people in 2001.

Justice Department Filing Casts Doubt on Guilt of Bruce Ivans, Accused in Anthrax Case

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This story was co-published with PBS Frontline [1] and McClatchy [2]. WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has called into question a key pillar of the FBI's case against Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of mailing the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and terrorized Congress a decade ago.