From The Associated Press, 9/1/03:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-sciences-academy,0,5399691.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Sciences Academy Warns of FBI Probe
WASHINGTON --
The National Academy of Sciences is warning that the FBI's treatment
of a respected Texas scientist could intimidate other researchers,
hindering the study of diseases, such as plague, that are spread by
toxins.
The academy's human rights committee protested to Attorney General
John Ashcroft about the Justice Department's investigation and
prosecution of Thomas Butler, one of the nation's top plague
researchers.
Butler is free on $100,000 bond while awaiting trail on 15 charges,
including smuggling, lying to investigators and illegal transport of
hazardous biological material -- in this case, live plague bacteria.
He is on paid administrative leave from his job as chief of the
infectious diseases division at Texas Tech University and is
prohibited from visiting his laboratory.
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Another step along the road toward American fascism.
Harry
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