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2001 Anthrax Attacks

202 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by Paul, KJF, paxvector

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. January 2002: FBI Begins Subpoenas of Anthrax Labs After Substantial Delays
  2. February-April 2002: Writing Analyst Encourages FBI to Investigate Hatfill for Anthrax Attacks
  3. February-June 2002: Professor’s Theories Help Drive FBI’s Interest in Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill
  4. April-August 2000: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Said to Have Mental Problems
  5. April 2002: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Submits Second Anthrax Sample to FBI Investigators
  6. June 2002: Scientists Determine Anthrax Used in Attacks Is Two Years Old or Less
  7. July 2002-Late 2003: FBI Openly and Constantly Monitors Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill
  8. August 2006: FBI Scientist Claims Anthrax Used in 2001 Attacks Was Not Weaponized
  9. September-December 2001: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins’s Mental Problems Resurface
  10. Late 2000 and August 2001: Hoax Letters Possibly Related to Anthrax Attacks Sent to Fox News Commentators
  11. Mid-October 2001: Some Bush Administration Officials Excited about Using Anthrax Attacks to Push for War against Iraq
  12. October 2001-2008: US Spending on Bioweapons Research Soars after Anthrax Attacks
  13. December 2001: FBI Questions USAMRIID Scientists about Anthax Attacks
  14. December 2007: FBI Tells Ivins He Could Be Suspect in Anthrax Attacks Case
  15. 1980: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Begins Working at USAMRIID
  16. 1991-1992: Possible Link between Racist Harassment at USAMRIID and Later Anthrax Attacks
  17. 1997: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Develops Anthrax Said to Be Used in Attacks, but as Many as 300 People Have Access to It
  18. 1998: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill Writes Unpublished Novel Envisioning False Flag Biological Attack on US
  19. 2000-2001: USAMRIID Scientists Have Trouble with Anthrax Vaccine; FBI Will Later Call This the Motive for Anthrax Attacks, Suspect Ivins
  20. 2000-2002: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill Builds Mobile Biological Weapons Factory for US Military
  21. Autumn 2002: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill Helps Train US Special Forces while FBI Investigates Him
  22. Early 1992: Anthax at USAMRIID Goes Missing; Possible Link to Potential Patsy for Anthrax Attacks
  23. Early-Late 2002: Scientists Map Anthrax Genome to Help Anthrax Attacks Investigation, but Make No Breakthroughs
  24. December 2001-May 2002: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Cleans Up Anthrax Traces near His Desk, Delays Report on It
  25. April 2002: FBI Supposedly Suspects Ivins for Anthrax Attacks, but Allows Him to Continue Helping Anthrax Investigation
  26. Early 2003-2005: Scientists Gradually Able to Identify Unique Signiature to Anthrax Used in 2001 Attacks
  27. Early 2004: Conflict with Anthrax Samples Leads FBI Investigators to Bruce Ivins
  28. Early 2004: Early Scientific Results Suggest Anthrax Used in Attacks Came from USAMRIID
  29. Early 2007: Investigators Match Anthrax Sample from Suspect Ivins with Anthrax Used in 2001 Attacks
  30. Late October 2002: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Drinks Himself to Death
  31. Late 1999-2000: US Military Secretly Makes Weaponized Anthrax in Possible Violation of International Treaty
  32. Late 2001: Security Records Point Suspicion at Scientist Bruce Ivins
  33. Late 2001: FBI Anthrax Investigation Begins Focusing on about 50 to 100 US Scientists as Suspects, Including Steven Hatfill
  34. Mid-October 2001: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Helps Handle Anthrax Letters for FBI Investigation
  35. December 2001-Early August 2002: FBI Takes Seven Months to Test which Mailbox Was Used to Mail Anthrax Letters
  36. Late 2002: Head of FBI’s Anthrax Attacks Investigation Changes, but Focus on Suspect Hatfill Remains
  37. Late 2005-2006: Investigators Determine about 100 Scientists Used Anthrax Matching that in 2001 Attacks, Including Bruce Ivins
  38. Autumn 2006: FBI Anthrax Investigation Finally Stops Suspecting Only Hatfill
  39. Late 2006: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Suspects FBI Is Targeting Him, Says He Is Being Set Up
  40. Late Autumn 2007: FBI Pressures Family Members of Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins; Ivins Begins Drinking Heavily
  41. Mid-August-October 2001: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Works Extra Hours in Laboratory at Nights and on Weekends
  42. Mid-September-October 2001: Neoconservatives Attempt to Link Iraqi Government to 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks
  43. Mid-November 2001: Harmless Second Anthrax Letter Sent to Sen. Daschle, Increasing Attention on Suspect Hatfill
  44. Spring 1998 and After: US Army Secretly Produces Powdered Anthrax Similar to Anthrax Used in 2001 Attacks
  45. Summer 2002: FBI Allegedly Harrasses Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill’s Girlfriend
  46. Winter 2001: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Passes at Least One Polygraph Test, Continues to Work with FBI
  47. March-April 2002: Some Report Possible 9/11 Hijacker Link to Anthrax Attacks, Despite Thin Evidence
  48. 1997-September 1999: Steven Hatfill’s Two Year USAMRID Contract Ends, Ending His Contact with Suspected Anthrax Strain
  49. February 1999: Classified CIA Report Discusses Responses to an Anthrax Attack through the Mail
  50. Early March 2002: Bioweapons Expert Finally Interviewed by the FBI, Invited to Join Anthrax Investigation despite Close Ties to Main Suspect