Fredbio’s Last Word on the Ivins Story

As more and more alleged “facts” are disclosed in the court of public opinion, I find they continue to support my premise in the tragic suicide of Dr. Ivins:  the relentless harassment and pursuit of Dr Ivins lead a brilliant, local scientist to sociopathic and homocidal thoughts, culminating in his suicide.

As the article in the FNP states “Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, told his psychotherapist after learning he was about to be indicted that “he was going to go out in a blaze of glory, that he was going to take everybody out with him,” she said.

Later the article states that “Duley told the court that she had known Ivins for six months and had been meeting with him for group sessions weekly and for individual counseling every other week.”

In early July he was placed in a high-security, psychiatric treatment center and placed on “homicidal and suicide watch.”

Clearly signs that the investigation had been an agonist of his bizarre behavior.  There doesn’t appear to be any credible evidence that until recently he was a homicidal maniac.  Until the scrutiny started, he was just another fairly anonymous, civilian scientist.  An expert in his field.  This is not to say that some new evidence of psychotic behavior will not be revealed.  This is just to reiterate that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a jury of his peers.  Not judged guilty by some media organization or the court of public opinion.

This YouTube from the Oberman Report (not certain when it aired) summarizes the situation succinctly:

This will probably be my last comment on this story until more convincing evidence that he was a homicidal maniac in 2001 is presented.