Steven Hatfill Case to Proceed

Steven Hatfill essentially had his life ruined over the anthrax charges reported in the NY Times. The Supreme Court refused to block the case:

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to block a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over columns that linked a former Army scientist to the 2001 anthrax killings.

Authorities have never solved the mysterious mailing of anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and sickened 17 not long after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Steven Hatfill, a physician and bioterrorism expert, was labeled a "person of interest" by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, although he was never charged and has since sued Ashcroft and others.

It makes this recent post seem all the more important.