Justice Dept. takes on itself in probe of 2001 anthrax attacks

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6. Why would Ivins send this to the Sun and the National Enquirer?

Robert Stevens (1938 - October 5, 2001) was a photo editor for the Florida based tabloid, Sun, employed by American Media Inc. He was the first fatality linked to the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States. He died of pulmonary anthrax after inhaling anthrax spores from a letter that is believed to have arrived at the American Media offices in Boca Raton, Florida. He was 63 years old.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stevens_%28photo_editor%29

Stevens, a photo editor for The Sun, is believed to have contracted the disease from a tainted letter sent to the Palm Beach County office building that also housed the National Enquirer and Globe.

A mailroom employee, Ernesto Blanco (case 7), also was infected with anthrax. He spent three weeks in the hospital and was once near death, his doctors said. But he recovered and still works at AMI's new building.

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/annstevensdeathanthrax.html

Was that question ever answered? Why those targets? Why were they the first?