-Caveat Lector-
December 14, 2002
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002
Feds Issue Non-apology for Wrecking Dr. Hatfill's Life
The Department of "Justice" didn't mean to wreck the life of Dr.
Steven Hatfill. Really. Just ask it.
The department insists its use of the term "person of interest" to
describe Hatfill in its failed anthrax investigation was not intended to
cast suspicion on him.
"The phrase was never used by the FBI or the Department of
Justice to draw media attention to Dr. Hatfill," Assistant Attorney
General Daniel J. Bryant says in a letter to Sen. Charles Grassley,
R-Iowa.
"On the contrary, the phrase was used to deflect media scrutiny
from Dr. Hatfill and explain that he was just one of many scientists
who had been interviewed by the FBI and who were cooperating
with the anthrax investigation."
Grassley released the letter today as FBI agents conducted an
unspecified search on public land in Frederick, Md., several miles
from Hatfill's old apartment.
The letter acknowledges there is no formal definition for "person of
interest" but says it is a commonly understood term for "an individual
whom law enforcement officials seek to question in connection with
a particular matter."
In a statement today, Grassley said the department's letter shows
use of the term to describe Hatfill is unprecedented and not
supported by any formal policy or evidentiary standard.
'Mindful of the Power'
"Government agencies need to be mindful of the power they wield
over individual citizens, and should exercise caution and good
judgment when they use that power," said Grassley, a senior
member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Another letter from Bryant to Grassley states that the Justice
Department had the authority to demand that Louisiana State
University stop using Hatfill's work related to a government contract.
LSU fired Hatfill on Sept. 3 after the department e-mailed the
university to "cease and desist" using Hatfill as an expert or course
instructor.
The government, Bryant said, "may on occasion need to make a
decision concerning which personnel" should work on such
activities. The Justice Department, he claimed, did not bar Hatfill
from continuing to work on a project funded by the department so
long as he was not an expert or course instructor.
Hatfill remains jobless, a spokesman said.
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