The FBI seemed pretty certain in the Summer of '02 that
they had the perpetrator then. The term "Person of Interest"
was coin at that juncture. The litigation from that
statement will be reverberating for years to comes....JJ61
It may have SEEMED that way to you, but the FBI never had ANY evidence of ANY kind that Dr. Hatfill was behind the anthrax attacks. They ONLY investigated him PUBLICLY because they were under enormous pressure to do so. Click HERE for details.
The term "Person of Interest" was coin at that juncture.
The term was coined to mean that Dr. Hatfill was just someone AMONG MANY who the FBI had an interest in. The media distorted it to mean he was a "suspect".
The litigation from that statement will be reverberating for years to come.
Maybe not. The litigation was delayed for about four months because the judge was handling the "Scooter" Libby trial. Now that that trial is just about over, he has started hearing motions again. A key motion will be heard on March 19th. It's VERY possible that that entire lawsuit will be concluded before summer.