Daschle criticizes anthrax investigation

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Source: The Hill

By Klaus Marre
Posted: 08/03/08 11:01 AM <ET>

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) ...., who appeared on Fox News Sunday said it is “unfortunate” that he has not been briefed on the latest developments in the case ...

“I think all of us, not only those of us directly affected, but all of us need to know more than we do today,” Daschle said.

“I mean, from the very beginning, I’ve had real concerns about the quality of the investigation,” he stated, adding, “The fact that they already paid somebody else $5 million for the mistakes they must have made gives you some indication of the overall caliber and quality of the investigation” ...


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Daschle criticizes FBI's handling of anthrax probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, whose office was a target of the anthrax attacks in 2001, said Sunday the suicide of the government's main suspect does not mean the case is over ...

Five people died and 17 others were sickened when anthrax-laced letters began showing up at congressional offices, newsrooms and post offices soon after Sept. 11, 2001.

The case re-emerged in the news this past week as investigators prepared to charge a government scientist Bruce Ivins in the case. Ivins died Tuesday in what has been ruled a suicide ...

<Daschle> said he did not know if the investigation involving Ivins "is just another false track and a real diversion of where they need to be. We don't know and they aren't telling us."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jK3ePTDtVA2aNAzOUN_AzsD8ScdgD92ASD781