Dr. Steven J. Hatfill and the experts who first linked him to the 2001 anthrax attacks are profiled in the Atlantic and the news media takes a beating. Hatfill's lawyer describes “the two most powerful institutions in the United States, the government and the press, ganging up on an innocent man. It’s Kafka.” Says the erstwhile suspect: “The thing was, I couldn’t understand why it was happening to me. I mean, I was one of the good guys.”
May 5, 2011