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Report: Links Between Sept. 11 Hijacker, Anthrax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Florida doctor who treated one of the alleged Sept. 11 hijackers last June for a dark lesion on his leg said after reviewing his notes weeks after the attack that the lesion was consistent with anthrax, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The newspaper said a new memorandum prepared by experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Biodefense Strategies about Dr. Christos Tsonas' assertion had renewed debate about a possible link between the hijackers and anthrax-laced letters that killed five people in the United States in October...

Outside View: FBI Behind the Anthrax Curve Posted March 15, 2004 By Lawrence Sellin On Feb. 23, the Washington Times reported the FBI official in charge of the probe into the 2001 anthrax mailings said the investigation still has top priority among the bureau's unsolved cases but acknowledged the anthrax sender may never be caught. "Despite our very, very, very best efforts, we still might not be able to bring it home," said Assistant Director Michael A. Mason, who heads the FBI's Washington field office investigating the case. This is in stark contrast to the Nov. 17, 2001 comments of...