FREDERICK, Md. (AP) – The FBI began draining a pond Monday in a search for evidence that the person who carried out the deadly anthrax-by-mail attacks in 2001 filled the envelopes with the deadly spores under water for his own protection.The draining of the one-acre, 50,000-gallon pond in the Frederick Municipal Forest is expected to take three to four we…
(UPI) # Sens. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., called Friday for a Senate inquiry into the latest FBI espionage scandal as the implications of the penetration of the bureau by an alleged Chinese spy spread to the 1996 presidential election campaign finance investigation, United Press International has learned.According to congression…
The former agent was identified as James Smith.He was being held in connection with his former job, sources said, but the charges were not immediately available.Sources said Congress was being briefed on the arrest before it is announced to the public, which was expected to happen later today.Department of Justice officials declined to comment on the case…