For several weeks in the Fall of 2001, America was gripped by twin terrorist plots. The September 11 hijackings were a massive world event whose effects continue to ripple throughout most corners of the Earth; in the weeks after the Twin Towers fell, though, there was nearly as much fear and anxiety about a small stream of letters that were intentionally laced with anthrax.

The killer was never officially identified, and the case was never formally closed, but one man has been intrinsically linked to the story from beginning to end. This is the story of Dr. Bruce Edwards Ivins: American anthrax expert and bioterror suspect.


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Source/Further reading:

Link to Mirage Man: https://www.amazon.com/MirageManAnt...
Extract from the book, Mirage Man: https://www.thedailybeast.com/themir...
Washington Post, A Scientist’s Quiet Life Took a Darker Turn: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn...
LA Times indepth obituary of Ivins: https://www.latimes.com/nation/laxpm...
New York Times obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/us...
NPR, Who was Bruce Ivins? https://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...
Detailed review of Mirage Man: https://www.latimes.com/books/laxpm...
Wired, Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy? https://www.wired.com/2011/03/ff_anth...
FBI Amerithrax files: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famousca...
History: https://www.history.com/news/anthrax...
Anthrax letters timeline: https://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/931702...
PBS, the case for innocence: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/ar...
More doubts: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/ar...
Dr. Steven J. Hatfill’s experience: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...