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Hatfill sues new york times over columns { July 15 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/07/15/figure_in_anthrax_probe_sues_new_york_times_over_columns/ http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/07/15/figure_in_anthrax_probe_sues_new_york_times_over_columns/ Figure in anthrax probe sues New York Times over columns By Hope Yen, Associated Press | July 15, 2004 WASHINGTON -- A bioterrorism specialist who was named by government authorities as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks has sued The New York Times, saying the newspaper ruined his reputation by pointing to him as the culprit. Steven J. Hatfill filed the lawsuit Tuesday in US District Court in Alexandria, Va. He charged that a series of columns by Nicholas Kristof was irresponsible because Kristof failed to seek, or rejected, statements of denial from Hatfill. In several columns in 2002, Kristof faulted the FBI for not actively investigating a scientist he identified as "Mr. Z." Descriptions of "Mr. Z" were detailed enough that readers could recognize him as Hatfill, and later columns identified him, the complaint says. "It was inconsequential to defendant Kristof . . . how reckless his allegations and insinuations were," the lawsuit says. "What was at issue . . . was to help 'light a fire' under the federal investigators." The newspaper declined to print responses to Kristof written by Hatfill's lawyer, Victor Glasberg, the complaint said. A Times spokesman, Toby Usnik, said the lawsuit lacked merit. © Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company

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