FBI Searches New York, New Jersey Homes as Part of 2001 Anthrax Attacks Case

As part of the federal investigation into the 2001 anthrax mail attacks, FBI and U.S. Postal Service agents yesterday searched the homes of a New York state doctor who created an organization that teaches biological terrorism response methods, according to the Washington Post (see GSN, July 26).

Agents carried away bags of material from the Wellsville, N.Y., home of Kenneth Berry, who created the PREEMPT Medical Counter-Terrorism nonprofit organization, the Post reported. A senior Justice Department official described the search as “more about trying to clear the guy than anything else.”

“They’re going back and trying to make sure there’s nothing there that they missed,” a law enforcement official said (Powell/Eggen, Washington Post, Aug. 6).

Agents also searched Berry’s cottage in Ocean County, N.J., and a Wellsville apartment where he lived three years ago, according to the New York Times. An FBI spokeswoman declined to say what material was removed from the homes (Robert McFadden, New York Times, Aug. 6).

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