Federal prosecutors investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks were planning to indict and seek the death penalty against a top Army microbiologist in connection with anthrax mailings that killed five people. The scientist, who was developing a vaccine against the deadly toxin, committed suicide this week. Larry Mantle talks about the development with NPR's Justice Reporter Ari Shapiro and retired FBI special agent Randy Parsons.
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