Anthrax Case Solved

One of the great mysteries of the last few years was the origin of the anthrax attacks which occurred shortly after 9/11 and took a number of lives. It looks like the case has been solved and no trial will be necessary:

WASHINGTON - A U.S. official says federal prosecutors investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks had planned to seek indictment and the death penalty against a top U.S. biodefense researcher who apparently committed suicide.

The Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against the scientist, 62-year-old Bruce E. Ivins, a leading military anthrax researcher who worked for the past 18 years at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick, Md.

A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because grand jury matters are secret, said the Justice Department was closing in on Ivins and had made the decision to seek the death penalty.

Ivins died Tuesday at a Maryland hospital after an apparent suicide.

Unfortunately, we may never know his true motivations.