Anthrax

New Evidence Adds Doubt to FBI's Case Against Anthrax Suspect

October 12, 2011, 12:40PM

A U.S. Army scientist stands near the letters used in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, Greg Gordon, McClatchy, Jim Gilmore and Mike Wiser, PBS Frontline Oct. 11, 2011, 12:05 a.m.

This story is a joint project with ProPublica, PBS Frontline and McClatchy. The story will air on Frontline on Oct. 11. Check local listings.

WASHINGTON -- Months after the anthrax mailings that terrorized the nation in 2001, and long before he became the prime suspect, Army biologist Bruce Ivins sent his superiors an email offering to help scientists trace the killer.

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Mike Ross

Rep. Ross Blames 'Left-Wing, Special Interest Conspiracy' For Pharmacy Sale Story

Justin Elliott | September 25, 2009, 12:26PM

Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)

The AP has now taken a crack at the story of the sale of Rep. Mike Ross's family pharmacy, for a possibly inflated price of $420,000, to a big drug store chain.

And it elicited yet another response from Ross, Democrat of Arkansas, on the 2007 sale of the pharmacy. He can't remember how he and USA Drug settled on the price for the land and the building. From an interview with AP:

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Mike Ross

Rep. Ross Responds Further To Pharmacy Sale Story, Again Attacks News Org

Justin Elliott | September 24, 2009, 5:54PM

Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)

After spending much of yesterday attacking as "leftist" the news organization that published the story about the 2007 sale of his family pharmacy, Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) today released a fuller response and a letter from the buyer.

The new responses don't address the key question of whether the pharmacy chain USA Drug paid an inflated price of $420,000 for the land and pharmacy building owned by Ross and his pharmacist wife, which was significantly more than the county's $263,000 assessment and a price tag of $198,000 from an appraiser hired by ProPublica this year.

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Mike Ross

Rep. Ross Lashes Out At News Org As 'Leftist Group' After Pharmacy Sale Story Runs In Politico

Justin Elliott | September 23, 2009, 7:01PM

Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)

Yesterday, Politico and ProPublica published a story suggesting Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) sold his family pharmacy in Prescott, Arkansas, to a big drug store chain for above market value.

In response, Ross, who is the lead Blue Dog Dem working on the health care bill, has responded only partially to the story's substance, without denying the key issue, and has repeatedly attacked ProPublica as illegitimate and "leftist."

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