Doctor's Homes Searched in Anthrax Attack Inquiry

[papau]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anthrax6aug06.story

Doctor's Homes Searched in Anthrax Attack Inquiry
FBI agents descend on residences in New York and New Jersey. The physician once predicted a biological strike in the U.S.

By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — The mystery of who sent deadly anthrax through the mail in the fall of 2001 took a new turn Thursday when federal investigators searched homes belonging to a doctor who founded an anti-terrorism organization and who once predicted an anthrax attack in the United States.

The FBI confirmed that its agents had conducted the searches, but refused to comment on whether the investigation targeted a particular suspect or led to any insights into the anthrax attacks.<snip>

Agents searched two homes in the upstate New York town of Wellsville that belonged to Dr. Kenneth M. Berry, according to Associated Press. Berry is a former president of the American Academy of Emergency Physicians and in 1997 founded PREEMPT, an anti-terrorism organization.<snip>

On Thursday, agents also searched a bungalow on the New Jersey shore with a telephone number listed as belonging to "W. Berry." Neighbors told reporters the agents left carrying several garbage bags filled with bulky contents.<snip>

[Ready4Change]

1. Oh, NOW we're interested in the anthrax attacks.

Couldn'r be bothered with that when it was just some deadly letters sent to intimidate the media and Dems in Government. But now that this administrations backs are against the ropes it's time to expend the little effort required to crack the case.

I'm just not impressed when someone only does their job when whipped into it. Too freaking late.

[Minstrel Boy]

2. Berry was arrested last night on four counts of assault

Police arrest man connected to search of homes in anthrax probe

Associated Press
August 6, 2004

DOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- The founder of an anti-terrorism organization whose parents' shore home was searched by FBI agents investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks was arrested and charged with assault after an altercation at a motel, police said.

Dr. Kenneth M. Berry, 48, of Wellsville, N.Y., was held at the Ocean County Jail on $10,000 bail, charged with four counts of assault. Police responding to a 911 call Thursday afternoon at the White Sands Motel in Point Pleasant Beach discovered Berry being detained by an off-duty police officer and a motel employee.

The incident involved a domestic dispute in which Berry allegedly assaulted four family members, police said. Berry's relationship to the four was not immediately known.

Berry was released Thursday after posting bail, a jail spokesman said.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--anthraxprobe0806aug05,0,7610444.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

[madrchsod]

3. see all the previous

threads on this starting from last night--truly amazing what are fellow DU`ers can come up with. we are better than any news organization in the USA.