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Sep. 30th, 2003 01:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sisyphusshruggedThe bioterrorism expert under scrutiny in the 2001 anthrax attacks filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Attorney General John Ashcroft and other government officials of trampling his constitutional rights and using him as a scapegoat for their failure to make an arrest in the case.
Dr. Steven J. Hatfill claims that, by labeling him a "person of interest" in the case, Ashcroft and other federal authorities have destroyed his reputation and ruined his job prospects.
"Mr. Ashcroft acted to protect both his department's and his own political future and public image at the expense of Dr. Hatfill's constitutional rights," said the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.
The lawsuit also said Hatfill is under constant surveillance, leaving him unable to freely talk to his girlfriend, family or friends.
Hatfill is seeking unspecified damages from Ashcroft, the Justice Department, the FBI and other current and former FBI and Justice Department officials.
You might want to take a look at Don Foster's article in the latest Vanity Fair (the one with George Clooney on the cover) before you decide which of these gentlemen you sympathize with least.
Dr. Steven J. Hatfill claims that, by labeling him a "person of interest" in the case, Ashcroft and other federal authorities have destroyed his reputation and ruined his job prospects.
"Mr. Ashcroft acted to protect both his department's and his own political future and public image at the expense of Dr. Hatfill's constitutional rights," said the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.
The lawsuit also said Hatfill is under constant surveillance, leaving him unable to freely talk to his girlfriend, family or friends.
Hatfill is seeking unspecified damages from Ashcroft, the Justice Department, the FBI and other current and former FBI and Justice Department officials.
You might want to take a look at Don Foster's article in the latest Vanity Fair (the one with George Clooney on the cover) before you decide which of these gentlemen you sympathize with least.
