Anthrax killings suspect Bruce Ivins, the man the FBI believes was responsible for the attacks that killed 5 people in 2001, had documented Mental illness problems dating back several decades, according to CNN. These findings, courtesy of a report by a panel of behavioral experts commissioned by the Department of Justice, suggest that Ivins should not have been given his job at a U.S. Army research facility in Maryand. Ivins knew he was under doubt for the attacks and committed suicide in 2008.
According to Gregory Saathoff, the report's lead author, the exposure "does support the Department of Justice's determination that he was responsible," and that he had the capacity, opportunity, and motivation to commit such acts. “The psychiatric records were quite eye-opening," said Saathoff. "The criminal behaviors involved a strong component of revenge that he claimed he had engaged in as well as planned to connect in.” When Ivins was hired in 1980, his mental health records were apparently not reviewed, though he had signed a waiver allowing authorities to do so. Investigators in search of a suspect in the wake of the attack also failed to identify Ivins. "This information had been deemed confidential during Dr. Ivins' lifetime," said Saathoff, "available only to his medical providers, and off-limits to investigators.
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