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Army Scientist Paid $5.8 Million to Settle Anthrax Accusations Defamation Suit

In 2002, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft called Army scientist Steven Hatfill a "person of interest" in a deadly 2001 anthrax mailing case. Six years later, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) paid Hatfill $5.8 million to settle his lawsuit.

Just weeks after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, five ...

 

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