“They told me that I would not be charged if I were able to confirm the accidental destruction. I was tricked and deceived by the government.”
Thomas Butler of Texas Tech University, who reported plague bacteria missing from his lab early this year. He faces life in prison for saying he destroyed the bacteria, a statement he now says the FBI told him to make (CBSNews.com, 19 October)
“If it doesn’t get jail time, then all scientists will continue to do it.”
Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy commenting on the charges against Butler, which include claims that he “smuggled”…
