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2001 Anthrax Attacks

202 events in this timeline

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This is the home page for the 2001 Anthrax Attacks investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. 2004-03-17 February 11-March 17, 2004: FBI Interviews Scientists, Asks If They Wrote Anonymous Letter Possibly Linked to Anthrax Attacks
  2. 2004-05-11 May 11, 2004: FBI Re-interviews Possible Anthrax Attacks Patsy Assaad
  3. 2004-07-16 July 16, 2004: Anthrax Investigators Search USAMRIID and Seize Anthrax Samples from Bruce Ivins
  4. 2004-08-05 August 5, 2004: FBI Anthrax Attacks Investigators Raid Medical Doctor’s Residences, but Quickly Lose Interest in Him
  5. 2004-10-07 October 7, 2004: Federal Judge Lambasts FBI for Leaving Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill’s Status in Limbo
  6. 2005-03-31 March 31, 2005: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Is Questioned about His After Hours Laboratory Work in 2001
  7. 2005-09-16 September 16, 2005: FBI’s Anthrax Investigation Has Gone Cold
  8. 2006-10-05 October 5, 2006: New Evidence Suggests Anthrax Used in 2001 Attacks Came from Northeast US
  9. 2007-03-11 March 11, 2007: Republican Senator Alleges Top Officials Deliberately Leaked False Leads to Hide Lack of Progress in Anthrax Investigation
  10. 2007-04-09 April 9, 2007: Prosecutors Formally Inform Bruce Ivins He Is ‘Not a Target’ of Anthrax Attacks Investigation
  11. 2007-11-01 November 1, 2007: FBI Secretly Raids House of Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins, Bars Him from Access to Dangerous Toxins at USAMRIID
  12. 2008-02-19 February 19, 2008: Judge Says There Is ‘Not a Scintilla of Evidence’ Linking Suspect Hatfill to Anthrax Attacks
  13. 2008-03-28 March 28, 2008: FBI Said to Be Focusing on ‘About Four’ Suspects in Anthrax Investigation
  14. 2008-06-27 June 27, 2008: Former Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill Exonerated; Paid Nearly $6 Million to Settle Suit against US Government
  15. 2008-07-09 July 9, 2008: Social Worker Makes Astounding Claims about Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  16. 2008-07-10 April 2005-July 10, 2008: Anthax Attacks Suspects Keeps USAMRIID Lab Access despite FBI Suspicions
  17. 2008-07-10 July 10, 2008: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Is Permanently Barred from USAMRIID and Hospitalized
  18. 2008-07-12 July 12, 2008: FBI Searches Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins’s House for Second Time
  19. 2008-07-22 (July 22, 2008): FBI Investigators Finally Take DNA Sample from Anthax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  20. 2008-07-23 July 23, 2008: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Released from Mental Hospital; FBI Does Not Arrest Him
  21. 2008-07-24 July 24, 2008: FBI Director Mueller Says FBI Is Making ‘Great Progress’ in Anthrax Attacks Investigation
  22. 2008-07-29 July 29, 2008: FBI Still Building Case Against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins When He Dies
  23. 2008-07-29 Shortly Before July 29, 2008: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Appears Very Despondent
  24. 2008-07-29 July 29, 2008: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Dies in Apparent Suicide
  25. 2008-07-29 July 29, 2008: Government Ready to Present Evidence Against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins, but Not Charge Him
  26. 2008-07-29 Autumn 2007-July 29, 2008: FBI Agents Openly Follow Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  27. 2008-08-01 August 1-10, 2008: Coworkers of Suspect Ivins Express Doubt He Was Responsible for Anthrax Attacks
  28. 2008-08-03 August 3-18, 2008: Experts Disagree If Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Had Skills to Make Anthrax Used in Attacks
  29. 2008-08-04 August 4-5, 2008: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins’s Sorority Obsession Appears Exaggerated by FBI
  30. 2008-08-05 August 5, 2008: Former UN Weapons Inspector Doubts FBI’s Case Against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  31. 2008-08-06 August 6-19, 2008: FBI Incorrectly Claims Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Failed to Hand Over Anthrax Samples in 2002
  32. 2008-08-06 August 6, 2008: FBI Presents Evidence against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins, He Is Called ‘Sole Person Responsible’ for the Attacks
  33. 2008-08-06 August 6, 2008: ABC News Reporter Denies Misconduct in 2001 Stories about Anthrax Attacks and Iraq
  34. 2008-08-07 August 7, 2008: Washington Post Calls for Indpendent Analysis of Case against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  35. 2008-08-07 August 7-15, 2008: FBI Reveals Envelopes Used in Anthrax Attacks Were Probably Bought in Maryland or Virginia
  36. 2008-08-07 August 7, 2008: New York Times Calls for Congressional Probe into FBI Case against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  37. 2008-08-07 August 7, 2008: Some in Congress Want Investigation of FBI’s Anthrax Attacks Investigation
  38. 2008-08-08 August 8-14, 2008: FBI’s Account of How Ivins Sent Anthrax Letters Is Debunked; FBI Comes Up with Completely Different Account Days Later
  39. 2008-08-08 August 8, 2008: Hatfill Officially Cleared of Any Involvement in Anthrax Attacks
  40. 2008-08-08 August 8, 2008: FBI Director Mueller Says No Mistakes Were Made in Anthrax Attacks Investigation
  41. 2008-08-08 August 8, 2008: Wall Street Journal Calls for Independent Inquiry into Case Against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  42. 2008-08-09 August 9, 2008: Former Head of USAMRIID’s Bacteriology Divisions Says It Is ‘Extremely Improbable’ Anthrax Attacks Came from USAMRIID
  43. 2008-08-12 August 12, 2008: Few Politicians Briefed on FBI’s Case Against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Are Convinced
  44. 2008-08-18 August 18, 2008: FBI Gives Scientific Briefing to Press to Show Evidence against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  45. 2008-08-19 August 19, 2008: New York Times Still Thinks There Should Be Independent Evaluation of FBI’s Case against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  46. 2008-08-27 August 27, 2008: New York Times Columnist Apologizes for Suggesting Hatfill Was Responsible for Anthrax Attacks
  47. 2008-09-06 September 6, 2008: Many Politicians and Scientists Have Doubts about FBI’s Case against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  48. 2008-09-06 September 6, 2008: FBI Still Attempting to Strengthen Case against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
  49. 2011-02-15 February 15, 2011: FBI-Funded Anthrax Science Review Does Not Find Conclusive Link to Ivins
  50. January 2002: FBI Interviews Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill for First Time