by Barbara Fought
The former government scientist who says he was wrongly accused of being involved in the 2001 anthrax scare has named a government PR practitioner and two former US Attorneys as the ones who provided the wrong information about him. The LA Times reports that in his Privacy Act suit Steven Hatfill has id-d former FBI spokesperson Edwin Cogswell, and two former U.S. attorneys as telling journalists Hatfill was a "person of interest" in the investigation. The Privacy Act allows people to sue if personal information about them is illegally revealed. No word here on how Hatfill found out the names -- journalists had refused to name their sources. Hatfill has never been charged in the case.
The former government scientist who says he was wrongly accused of being involved in the 2001 anthrax scare has named a government PR practitioner and two former US Attorneys as the ones who provided the wrong information about him. The LA Times reports that in his Privacy Act suit Steven Hatfill has id-d former FBI spokesperson Edwin Cogswell, and two former U.S. attorneys as telling journalists Hatfill was a "person of interest" in the investigation. The Privacy Act allows people to sue if personal information about them is illegally revealed. No word here on how Hatfill found out the names -- journalists had refused to name their sources. Hatfill has never been charged in the case.
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