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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2008
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Contact: Zach Goldberg
202-225-5801 (office) |
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HOLT STATEMENT ON ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION
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(Washington, D.C.) – The following is a statement from Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) on the latest developments in the anthrax investigation. Earlier today, Holt received a private briefing from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III. The attacks evidently originated from a postal box in Holt’s Central New Jersey congressional district, disrupting the lives and livelihoods of many of his constituents:
“I appreciate the preliminary briefing that FBI Director Mueller gave me today. I am pleased the FBI finally has begun to answer the questions that the families of the victims have had for nearly seven years. While the circumstantial evidence pointing to Dr. Ivins that the Department of Justice released today is compelling, a number of important questions remain unanswered, such as why investigators remained focused on Dr. Hatfill long after they had begun to suspect Dr. Ivins of the crime and why investigators are so certain that Ivins acted alone. In addition, there are important policy questions for handling any future incidents of bioterrorism. I will continue to conduct additional oversight on this issue over the course of the next several months.”
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