The attacks permanently altered American life and national security:
: The crisis led to massive upgrades in laboratory surge capacity and the creation of the Federal Select Agent Program . The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11
: A hospital worker in the Bronx whose source of exposure remains a mystery. The attacks permanently altered American life and national
The investigation initially focused on al-Qaeda and later on scientist Steven Hatfill before settling on , a senior bio-defense researcher at Fort Detrick. Ivins took his own life in 2008, just as the Department of Justice prepared to file formal charges against him. While the FBI concluded Ivins acted alone, some scientific panels have since questioned if the genetic evidence was definitive. A Legacy of Fear and Policy Ivins took his own life in 2008, just
: A photo editor in Florida who became the first fatality on October 5, 2001.
For nearly a decade, the FBI pursued leads across six continents, conducting over and issuing more than 6,000 subpoenas .
: Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act and the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 to tighten control over biological agents.