Anthrax Biodefense

 

"...Ivins' lawyer and some of the scientist's colleagues say he was innocent. But officials at the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday were confident they had the right man, though they said they were still weighing how and when to seek an end to the grand jury investigation.

"That's not a decision we're going to make lightly," one Justice Department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Saturday.

"There won't be a rush to judgment."

Ivins' lawyer, Paul Kemp, said by e-mail on Saturday that reports that his client had been considering a plea bargain were "entirely spurious."..."
Reference: www.chron.com