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...have triggered a staff shake-up. On Jan. 20 the Justice Department gave FBI officials a preliminary report that found errors, sloppiness and poor management in the agency's crime lab. The investigation had its origins in charges made since the mid-1980s by Frederic Whitehurst, a senior chemist. The report is still secret, but Justice and FBI officials say that while it found nothing illegal, it did identify some serious lapses. FBI Director Louis Freeh has already launched reforms. Meanwhile, the agency announced that three bomb investigators have been removed from their positions and that Whitehurst has been suspended...
Justice Department prosecutors say they have known for months that Williams would receive harsh criticism, and had long since decided against having him testify. Instead they will call Steven Burmeister, a chemist praised in the report as meticulous, and Linda Jones, a British explosives expert. Burmeister performed the tests that showed traces of an explosive on McVeigh's clothing. He found no evidence that the clothes had been mishandled, the officials say. They acknowledge that some debris may have been contaminated, but they say that these were never intended to be used as evidence. All very reasonable, perhaps...
...grappling with similar suits brought by thousands of women. One reason: Jones took the unusual step of appointing four independent experts to assess the purported link between the rupture of silicone implants and specific physical complaints. These experts--an immunologist, an immunologist/toxicologist, a rheumatologist and a polymer chemist--arrived at the same conclusion reached by many others, including Dr. Marcia Angell, executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine: localized problems, notably the painful hardening of breast tissue, can accompany implants, but as yet no compelling evidence links the leakage of silicone gel to more debilitating disease. "This...
BORN: Feb. 1, 1922, Detroit EDUCATION: Michigan State U, B.S., 1942; Wayne State U, M.D., 1958 FAMILY: Wife, Natalie; four children RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Psychiatrist; college instructor; chemist POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 30715 Timberbrook Lane, Bingham Farms...
BORN: Nov. 30, 1946, Salinas, Calif. EDUCATION: Creighton U, B.S., 1969 FAMILY: Husband, Frederick; two children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Medical-office manager; realtor; chemist POLITICAL CAREER: Wyoming House, 1987-93, Senate, 1993-94; U.S. House 1994- ADDRESS: 208 South Center Street, Casper...