Anthrax Attacks

Connecticut Public Radio

Published October 28, 2011 at 10:15 AM EDT

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The Anthrax attacks of 2001 terrified a nation already shaken by 9/11. Five people died, and many others were sickened. One death hit home - 94 year old Ottellie Lundgren of Oxford Connecticut.

The investigation into who launched these attacks pointed to one man - a government scientist named Bruce Ivins. He committed suicide before he was charged - and that seemed to close the case. But McClatchy newspapers, ProPublica and PBS’ Frontline took up the thread again, and have been reporting a comprehensive series that pokes holes in the FBIs investigation and leaves open questions about who dunnit. Today we talk to Stephen Engelberg, managing editor at ProPublica.

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