U.S. Judge Dismisses Libel Suit Filed by Hatfill Against New York Times

U.S. federal judge Claude Hilton has dismissed a libel suit brought by former U.S. Army biologist Steven Hatfill against the New York Times and Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times reported today (see GSN, Oct. 22).

Hatfill last year accused Kristof and the Times of implicating him in the 2001 anthrax attacks. In an opinion released yesterday, though, Hilton ruled that the focus of Kristof’s columns had been at the FBI’s handling of the anthrax investigation, the Times reported.

Hatfill’s attorney Victor Glasberg said it was too soon to determine whether Hatfill would appeal (Nat Ives, New York Times, Nov. 30).

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