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Bruce Edwards Ivins (April 22, 1946 – July 29, 2008) was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist,〔 senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the key suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks. On Tuesday, July 29, 2008, he died of an overdose of Tylenol with codeine in an apparent suicide after learning that criminal charges were likely to be filed against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an alleged criminal connection to the 2001 anthrax attacks.〔 No formal charges were ever actually filed against him for the crime, and no direct evidence of his involvement has been uncovered.〔 At a news conference at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on August 6, 2008, FBI and DOJ officials formally announced that the Government had concluded that Ivins was likely to have been solely responsible for "the deaths of five persons, and the injury of dozens of others, resulting from the mailings of several anonymous letters to members of Congress and members of the media in September and October 2001, which letters contained ''Bacillus anthracis'', commonly referred to as anthrax."〔(【引用サイトリンク】format=PDF )〕 On February 19, 2010, the FBI released a 92-page summary of evidence against Ivins and announced that it had concluded its investigation. The FBI conclusions have been contested by many, including senior microbiologists, the widow of one of the victims,〔(Widow of anthrax victim doubts FBI's conclusion ), Associated Press in ''The Wall Street Journal'', May 19, 2011.〕 and several prominent American politicians. U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) who was among the targets in the attack, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), former Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ), and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)〔〔〔 all argued that Ivins was not solely responsible for the attacks. The FBI subsequently requested a panel from the National Academy of Sciences to review its scientific work on the case. On May 15, 2011, the panel released its findings, which "conclude() that the bureau overstated the strength of genetic analysis linking the mailed anthrax to a supply kept by Bruce E. Ivins."〔Greenwald, Glenn (2011-02-16) (Serious doubt cast on FBI's anthrax case against Bruce Ivans ), ''Salon.com''〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National-Academies.org - Where the Nation Turns for Independent, Expert Advice )〕 The committee stated that its primary finding was that "It is not possible to reach a definitive conclusion about the origins of the ''B. anthracis'' in the mailings based on the available scientific evidence alone."〔(Congressman presses FBI for anthrax information ), Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, ''Miami Herald'', May 26, 2011.〕〔(Rep. Nadler Criticizes FBI in Letter to Director Mueller Over Anthrax Probe ), Allan Lengel, Ticklethewire.com, May 2011. (includes complete text of letter from Rep. Jerrold Nadler)〕〔Alice P. Gast, chair, David A. Relman, vice chair, (Opening statement for Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Letters ), National Research Council, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, February 15, 2011.〕〔(Anthrax panel led by Gast releases report ), Lehigh University, February 15, 2011.〕〔(Public Briefing of National Research Council Review of Science in FBI's Anthrax Case (Video) ), National Research Council, February 15, 2011.〕〔(Expert Panel Is Critical of F.B.I. Work in Investigating Anthrax Letters )〕〔(FBI lab reports on anthrax attacks suggest another miscue ), Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, May 19, 2011.〕〔(Disturbing questions haunt anthrax killings inquiry ), Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, ''Kansas City Star'', May 19, 2011.〕 ==Early and family life== Bruce Ivins was born, and spent his youth, in Lebanon, Ohio, a small town 30 miles northeast of Cincinnati.〔 His parents were Thomas Randall Ivins and Mary Johnson (''nee'' Knight) Ivins, and he was the youngest of three sons.〔 His father, a pharmacist, owned a drugstore and was active in the local Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce, while his mother participated in the Parent-Teacher Association. The family went regularly to Lebanon Presbyterian Church, although Ivins was later a Catholic parishioner. According to C.W. Ivins, one of Ivins' elder brothers, their mother Mary was violent and physically abusive to all three children. When she discovered she was pregnant with Bruce, a pregnancy that was unplanned and unwanted, she repeatedly tried to abort the child by throwing herself down a set of stairs. Ivins would eventually hear the story of his mother's attempt to abort him.〔(The Anthrax Killings: A Troubled Tind ) by David Willman, ''Los Angeles Times'', May 29, 2011〕 Avidly interested in science, Ivins was an active participant in extracurricular activities in high school, including National Honor Society, science fairs, the current events club, and the scholarship team all four years. He ran on the track and cross-country teams, worked on the yearbook and school newspaper, and was in the school choir and junior and senior class plays.〔 In December 1975, Ivans married nursing student Mary Diane Betsch (known as Diane), to whom he remained married until his death.〔 The couple had two children.〔〔〔 Diane Ivins was a homemaker and full time parent who also ran a daycare center out of the family's home.〔"(Ivins had mild persona, but some saw dark side )", David Dishneau, Associated Press, August 2, 2008〕 His wife, children, and brothers were all still alive at the time of his death; his parents were deceased.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Edwards Ivins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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