N.J. lawmakers: Anthrax questions remain

By RAJU CHEBIUM • Gannett News Service • August 7, 2008 WASHINGTON — Though the circumstantial evidence linking deceased suspect, Bruce Ivins, to the 2001 anthrax attacks is strong, there are many unanswered questions surrounding the nation's deadliest bio-terrorism attacks, according to two Central Jersey lawmakers briefed by the FBI. Reps. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell Township, and Chris Smith, R-Hamilton, represent districts connected to the anthrax mailings, which killed five people and sickened at least 17 others as the nation was grappling with the psychological aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Some of the anthrax-laden letters were mailed from Princeton, in Holt's district. Those letters were handled by a mail-sorting facility in Hamilton and some postal workers were affected, though no one died. The... [read full story]