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Anthrax: FBI Increasing Surveillance, Hatfill Says Steven Hatfill, the former U.S. Army biologist who has been the public focus of the FBI’s investigation into last year’s anthrax attacks, has said the FBI has recently increased its surveillance of him, United Press International reported last week (see GSN, Dec. 19). Beginning Dec. 17, after the FBI completed a search of a section of forest near Frederick, Md., the bureau began a day-and-night surveillance operation using unmarked vehicles, Hatfill told UPI. He said that several times FBI agents came close to running into his car as they followed him. “The cars were on my bumper,” Hatfill said. Hatfill said he did not know why the FBI had recently increased its surveillance of him. Hatfill spokesman Patrick Clawson said he believes the FBI’s actions amount to harassment. The FBI refused to comment last week on the increased surveillance of Hatfill or its search of the Maryland forest, which is also believed to be linked to Hatfill (Divis/Horrock, United Press International, Dec. 23). Brentwood Decontamination Meanwhile, U.S. Postal Service officials have said they will not dismantle the equipment used to decontaminate the anthrax-tainted Brentwood Road postal facility in Washington until it is determined that the decontamination was successful (see GSN, Dec. 18). Officials are awaiting the results of tests conducted on 4,000 samples and 8,000 test strips removed from the facility, according to the Baltimore Sun. “You don’t want to take down all the equipment and then find out you hadn’t killed all the spores,” said Thomas Day, Postal Service vice president of engineering. “You don’t want to start all over again,” he added (Scott Shane, Baltimore Sun, Dec. 27). For further information, see: CDC Frequently Asked Questions About Anthrax Journal of the American Medical Association Background on Anthrax GSN Anthrax Attack Chronology (Dec. 12, 2001)
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