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...talk of anthrax had been in the air for days as America focused on Saddam Hussein and his germ-making factories: of how quickly the bacteria could kill, how widely the havoc could spread, how easily the deadly spores could be obtained. And the nightmare seemed to materialize on American soil last week after the FBI arrested two men at a medical complex in Henderson, Nev. In their possession were eight to 10 flight bags containing what federal agents believed to be anthrax. More troubling was the fact that one of the men was Larry Wayne Harris, a self-styled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catching a 48-Hour Bug | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...quiet ways, civic and business responsibility and devout Mormon life-style. Indeed, he appeared confused by the entire incident. Asked at his arraignment if he understood the charges being brought against him, he said, "Not exactly." Leavitt's lawyers said their client and Harris did not possess anthrax but were instead carrying anthrax vaccine and were testing a device that would neutralize bacterial toxins in the human body, exactly the kind of gadget a country on the verge of war with anthrax-oversupplied Iraq would be happy to develop. One of Leavitt's lawyers charged that the FBI's informant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catching a 48-Hour Bug | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

When the Feds nabbed Larry Wayne Harris and friend for allegedly carrying around enough anthrax to wipe out Las Vegas, CP's first thoughts were for safe havens. Would mere anthrax spores be able to permeate the casinos, those air-conditioned, oxygen-fed castles which house our nation's desperate souls? Perhaps not. Clearly, the message is: don't ever stop gambling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weapons of Mass Potato | 2/20/1998 | See Source »

Breaking News Suspects Nabbed in Anthrax Scare The FBI arrests two alleged Aryan Nation members for possession of weapons of mass destruction. One of the suspects has quite a checkered past ? on the Internet. Learning Her Lesson Despite its opening-night debacle on CNN, Madeleine Albright takes her attack-Iraq show on the road. Full Story Weapons Special: Our Forces in the Gulf Iraq Special: Back to the Brink? Poll: Bombs Away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

Daily Spin "It was going to be difficult to overcome the shock value when the jury heard the words 'bubonic plague' and realized it was being sent through the mail." ?-Attorney George Luther in June 1997, on the 11th-hour decision of his client, anthrax attack suspect Larry Wayne Harris, to plead guilty to wire fraud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

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