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Bruce Edwards Ivins (/ ˈ aɪ v ɪ n z /; April 22, 1946 – July 29, 2008) [1] was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, [1] senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the person correctly identified by the FBI of the 2001 anthrax attacks. [2]
Bruce Edwards Ivins, Steven Hatfill (exonerated) The 2001 anthrax attacks , also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of " America " and " anthrax ", from its FBI case name), [ 1 ] occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks .
For help, they turned to the US Department of Defense lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where anthrax expert Dr. Bruce Ivins worked. By summer of 2002, the investigation had zeroed in on a main suspect.
The FBI obtained some of the anthrax spores and analyzed them. After analyzing the spores, the FBI traced the spores to a military lab located at Fort Detrick, Maryland. [1] Ivins quickly became a suspect in the investigation. The FBI began to suspect Ivins when they noticed he had logged in many late-night hours right before the attacks. [12]
Clark Gregg starred in the film as Bruce Edwards Ivins, the microbiologist and vaccinologist who became central to the case. [3] [2] According to a title card in the film, Gregg's dialogues are taken directly from Ivins's emails. [4]
2001 anthrax attacks: Bacillus anthracis: 5 17 United States: Letters laced with infectious anthrax were concurrently delivered to news media offices and the U.S Congress, alongside an ambiguously related case in Chile. The letters killed 5. Bruce Edwards Ivins [6] 2003 2003 ricin letters: Ricin: 0 0 United States
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Of those infected, 11 developed cutaneous anthrax, while 11 developed inhalation anthrax. 20 of the 22 infected worked at a site where contaminated mail was handled or received. [7] It is possible that Bruce Edwards Ivins was responsible for this incident. He was a doctor working on an anthrax vaccination for more than 20 years, which got ...