Hatfil will win his case against the NY Times.
Posted on 07/13/2004 9:47:49 PM PDT by Pikamax
Former Army Scientist Sues New York Times, Columnist
By Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 14, 2004; Page A07
The former Army scientist identified by authorities as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks sued the New York Times Co. and columnist Nicholas D. Kristof yesterday, claiming the paper defamed him in a series of columns that identified him as the likely culprit.
The lawsuit, filed by Steven J. Hatfill in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, said Kristof identified him as the anthrax killer to "light a fire" under investigators in their probe of the anthrax-spore mailings, which killed five people and sickened 17. He accused Kristof of hurling "false and defamatory" allegations and the Times of engaging in "substandard and unethical journalism.''
In a series of columns in 2002, Kristof criticized the FBI for failing to aggressively pursue a scientist he at first identified as "Mr. Z.'' He wrote that the biodefense community had called Mr. Z a "likely culprit" and was "buzzing about Mr. Z behind his back," in part because the scientist was familiar with anthrax and was angered at the suspension of his top security clearance less than a month before the attacks.
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I hear Edwards is a trial lawyer....get him in on it
Hatfil will win his case against the NY Times.
I certainly hope that he wins. With Times connections that is likely a hope in vain.
Here it is at last guys. Obviously Hatfill's lawyers ran out of patience with Judge Walton. They gave him lots of time.
Ping.
Unless something more comes out, I think the government screwed this one up and then compounded their error with a coverup and a persecution.
Hatfill deserves a significant judgement and punitive damages against the government and against the media.
Heads should roll at the FBI. Some of those guys should get a chance to experience a few years of poverty and no jobs.
ping.
I'm not a lawyer, but, as I recall, I was told that the time for filing a libel suit against the New York Times ran out in June, 2003.
Atta sent the anthrax. Hatfill has been defamed. QED.
Interesting,but I'm curious about the statute of limitations in this matter.
He had it sent.
You said a Hat Full.
Kinda a Hat Trick.
Because, you see, the NYT is guilty of a Hat Crime.
Over here!
My day just got off to a great start.
I believe he should, but I'll bet he won't, even if the statute of limitations is a non-issue.
I really wish he had also sued that harpy Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, as she's the hack who initially steered the feds in Hatfill's direction on what appears to be little more than a pure political vendetta.
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