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Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
April 18, 2002Testimony on the state of public health preparedness for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.
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Texas Tech Professor Says FBI Tricked Him Into Plague Confession
Oct. 20, 2003Texas Tech University professor Thomas Butler has said the FBI tricked him into confessing that he had accidentally destroyed 30 vials of plague samples and that he had falsely reported them missing, the New York Times reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 4).
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Professor’s Prosecution Could Chill Research, U.S. Scientists Say
Oct. 28, 2003U.S. scientists have said that the case of Texas Tech University professor Thomas Butler, scheduled to begin trial Monday for mishandling plague bacteria samples and for lying to the FBI, could have a “chilling” effect on scientific research, the Los Angeles Times reported today (see GSN, Oct. 20).
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Workers Fumigate Anthrax-Tainted New Jersey Postal Facility
Oct. 28, 2003Technicians this weekend completed the fumigation of a Hamilton, N.J, postal facility that became contaminated with anthrax during the 2001 anthrax attacks, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 5).
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Washington-Area Postal Facilities Close After Anthrax Alarm
Nov. 7, 2003WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service announced today that testing is being conducted at a number of postal facilities in the Washington area for possible anthrax contamination after sensors at a U.S. Navy mail-handling facility here detected anthrax Wednesday (see GSN, Oct. 28).
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Washington-Area Postal Facilities Reopen After Anthrax Scare
Nov. 10, 2003WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened 11 Washington-area postal facilities after an anthrax scare last week at a U.S. Navy mail-handling facility prompted their closure (see GSN, Nov. 7).
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FBI Agents Testify in Texas Tech University Professor’s Trial
Nov. 10, 2003An FBI agent testified last week that he believed that Texas Tech University professor Thomas Butler was lying about stolen plague sample from his laboratory from almost the onset of the bureau’s investigation into the incident, according to Washington Times (see GSN, Oct. 28).
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Jurors Set to Hear Closing Arguments Today in Professor’s Plague Trial
Nov. 25, 2003Jurors are expected today to hear closing arguments in the case of Texas Tech University professor Thomas Butler, who faces almost 70 charges, including making misleading statements to FBI agents about the fate of vials of plague samples in a January incident, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Nov. 10).
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Jury in Plague Trial Breaks for Holiday
Nov. 26, 2003After four hours of deliberation yesterday, the jury in the case of Texas Tech University professor Thomas Butler agreed to break until Monday morning, the Morris News Service reported today (see GSN, Nov. 25).
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Brentwood Postal Facility in Washington to Reopen Friday
Dec. 2, 2003WASHINGTON — The Brentwood mail processing facility here, which became tainted with anthrax during the 2001 anthrax attacks and was subsequently decontaminated, is set to reopen Friday, a U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman told Global Security Newswire today (see GSN, Nov. 13).
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Texas Tech University Professor Found Guilty of Fraud
Dec. 2, 2003Texas Tech University professor Robert Butler was found guilty yesterday of embezzlement and fraud charges that he faced after an incident early this year involving plague samples at Butler’s laboratory, according to the Washington Post (see GSN, Nov. 26).
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U.S.-Held Briton Admits to Planning Anthrax Attack on British Parliament
Dec. 2, 2003A British citizen currently being held at a U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has said that he was involved in an al-Qaeda plot to attack the British House of Commons with anthrax, the London Independent reported Saturday (see GSN, June 3).
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