This anthrax story, has joined the JFK massacre class, no matter what we learn, we will never know if it is the truth.
The reportedly false allegation that he submitted a false sample was made in a sworn statement as recent as August 7, 2008. The Special Agent making the statement has been an agent for 3 years. (We’ve had lulls in the news of the investigation longer than that.) If you as a scientist was being falsely accused of having submitted a false sample — and they don’t believe your strident denials that you didn’t — might you be driven to suicide? When did they first learn that the false sample issue was incorrect? I expect Attorney Kemp to come out like a steamroller. The US DOJ might best start out with an apology BEFORE Kemp brings out the cannons. It is a consideration — how quickly action is taken after the error is discovered.