Anthrax-probe figure loses ticket fight Hatfill was issued

WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | 8/15/03 | Guy Taylor

[Ranger]

The bioweapons expert who made headlines in the FBI's anthrax investigation brought two high-powered lawyers to fight a $5 ticket in D.C. traffic court yesterday

[eno_]

How about names and pictures of people people harassing Hatfill? Don't they deserve some coverage?

[Recovering_Democrat]

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Just pay the $5, Hatfill. This guy grandstands so much he must've gone to the Al Sharpton's "Look At Me Everyone" University (LAME U).

[lelio]

Grandstanding? His foot was run over by a FBI agent and he gets a ticket for 'walking to create a hazard.'

[templar]

The ticket was probably issued to protect the FBI agent from a lawsuit. It establishes Hatfill as being at fault. Cops protect other Cops.

[absalom01]

It's really hard to tell what's going on with this guy, but the weight of material available in the media sure seems to indicate that the FBI is gaslighting him, hoping he'll flip out and do something stupid. Looks like, in this case, he took the bait.

I don't know how I'd stand up to this kind of pressure, but it would have to get to you after a while.

[Recovering_Democrat]

yeah, he was grandstanding in my opinion. Everytime anything public is said about this guy, it is THIS guy talking about how persecuted he is. He's been mentioned as a "person of interest", not charged at all.

Of course he's innocent until proven guilty. No one, least of all the FBI is denying that. In fact, the FBI has been quite mum on the whole thing. The ONLY time I hear anything loud about Hatfill is when Hatfill is complaining.

He has the right to complain, of course. But what substance is there to the complaint? None from what I can see. No laws are being broken. The FBI has a duty to investigate the anthrax deaths. They obviously think he can shed some light on what happened.

Hatfill certainly has the right to ignore them. Or, he can file a lawsuit against them...but if he did that, then perhaps lots of things the FBI knows might just be revealed in court. Just a thought.

Bottom line for me is I don't overly sympathize with him. As a matter of fact, I don't sympathize with him at all.

[eno_]

No, the ticket was to cover the agent's otherwise obvious and probably career-ending liability.

How about you try running over an FBI agent's foot and see if you get "equal protection."

Hatfill is suing everyone involved in the case. If he could get the ticket overturned, the driver would be massively sued.