If Ivans was as unstable as they are trying to make us believe he was, what in the HELL was he doing working with biological warfare materials?
This doesn’t pass the “smell test” for me.
The early leaks politely said the Hatfill case had to be brought to an end first.
I think if Hatfill’s lawyers knew about this Ivins stuff, they would ask for a lot more money. Also, the Hatfill judge might have been miffed too.
In recent reports explaining why certain agents were ‘obsessed” with Hatfill Feds made the argument that Hatfill didn’t have access to anthrax, but Ivins did. But that’s what Hatfill’s been saying from day 1!
“could have been much more widely available than bureau officials had initially led them to believe.”
I would give the officials a break here. Their understanding probably came from the same court documents we can now see.
The underlings probably jazzed-up the allegations in the applications to get their warrants from the judge.