| In the morning of September 11, 2001,
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| | anthrax letters, the material in the
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| hijackers took control of four domestic
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| | Senate letters was a highly refined dry
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| U.S. commercial airliners. All of the
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| | powder consisting of approximately one
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| planes crashed, two of them into the two
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| | gram of nearly pure spores. Some reports
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| tallest towers of the World Trade Center
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| | described the material in the Senate
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| in New York City which collapsed within
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| | letters as "weaponized" or "weapons
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| two hours. The destruction of the twin
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| | grade" anthrax. The Daschle letter was
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| towers could be seen from New Jersey. The
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| | opened by an aide on October 15, and the
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| official count records 2,986 deaths in
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| | government mail service was shut down.
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| the attacks, including around 700
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| | The unopened Leahy letter was discovered
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| residents of New Jersey . Over 160,000
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| | in an impounded mail bag on November 16.
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| people were evacuated from the Manhattan
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| | The Leahy letter had been misdirected to
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| area to New Jersey because the subways
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| | the State Department mail annex in
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| had been closed down and PATH station had
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| | Sterling, Virginia, due to a misread Zip
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| been closed down and were eventually
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| | code; a postal worker there, David Hose,
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| destroyed in the collapse.
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| | contracted inhalation anthrax.
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| After the attack, the World Trade Center
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| | Twenty-two people developed anthrax
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| station remained closed for two years.
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| | infections, eleven of the
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| The Exchange Place station was also
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| | life-threatening inhalation variety. Five
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| forced to close due to flooding of the
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| | died of inhalation anthrax. In addition
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| PATH downdown transit tunnel. PATH
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| | to the death of Robert Stevens in
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| service to Lower Manhattan was restored
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| | Florida, two died from unknown sources,
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| in 2003 after the opening of a temporary
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| | possibly cross-contamination of mail:
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| station on the World Trade Center site.
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| | Kathy Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant from
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| In the intervening time period, transit
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| | New York City; and Ottilie Lundgren, a
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| service to Lower Manhattan was largely
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| | 94-year old woman from Oxford,
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| covered by rapid expansion of NY Waterway
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| | Connecticut, who was the final victim.
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| ferry service.
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| | The two remaining deaths were employees
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| Many schools in New Jersey closed for the
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| | of the Brentwood mail facility in
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| day, evacuated, or were locked-down.
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| | Washington, D.C., Thomas Morris Jr. and
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| The destruction of 30% (28.7 million sq.
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| | Joseph Curseen.
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| ft) of Lower Manhattan office space
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| | Thousands of people took a two-month
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| accelerated the pre-2001 trend of moving
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| | course of the antibiotic Cipro in an
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| jobs from Lower Manhattan to Midtown and
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| | effort to preempt anthrax infections.
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| New Jersey. Many questioned whether this
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| | Associated Press reported that members of
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| loss of jobs and its associated tax base
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| | Vice President Cheney's staff took Cipro
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| would ever be restored.
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| | a week before the first anthrax attack.
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| For several weeks in late 2001, two As of
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| | groups totaling seven letter, all bearing
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| 2006, the investigation seems to have
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| | a Trenton, New Jersey postmark and
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| gone cold. Authorities have traveled to
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| | containing anthrax bacteria, were mailed
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| four different continents, interviewed
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| | to several news media offices and two US
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| more than 8,000 individuals and have
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| | Senators, resulting in the deaths five
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| issued over 5,000 subpoenas. The number
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| | people and causing twenty-two people to
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| of FBI agents assigned to the case is now
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| | develop anthrax infections. The crime
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| 21, ten fewer than a year ago, and the
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| | still remains unsolved.
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| number of postal inspectors investigating
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| | The first set of anthrax letters were
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| the case is nine.
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| | postmarked September 18, 2001, exactly
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| Former Governor James E. McGreevey
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| | one week after the September 11, 2001
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| resigned on November 15, 2004 after
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| | attacks. Five letters are believed to
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| charges of pay-to-play and extortion
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| | have been mailed at this time, to ABC
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| scandals involving the impropriety of the
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| | News, CBS News, NBC News and the New York
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| appointment of a homosexual love
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| | Post, all in New York City; and the
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| interest. New Jersey had no Lieutenant
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| | National Enquirer at American Media, Inc.
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| Governor position at the time, leaving a
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| | (AMI) in Boca Raton, Florida. AMI also
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| vacancy in the office. Senate President
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| | publishes a tabloid called Sun where
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| Richard Codey served as Acting Governor
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| | Robert Stevens, the first person who died
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| (then Governor) in McGreevey's place. Jon
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| | from the mailings, worked. Only the New
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| Corzine was elected Governor of New
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| | York Post and NBC News letters were
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| Jersey on November 8, 2005, and took
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| | actually found; the existence of the
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| office on January 17, 2006. On Election
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| | other three letters is inferred from the
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| Day, November 8, 2005, the voters passed
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| | pattern of infection . The anthrax found
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| an amendment to the state constitution
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| | in the New York Post letter is reported
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| creating the position of Lieutenant
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| | to have become damp before being
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| Governor, effective with the 2009
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| | discovered. Scientists examining the
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| elections. The amendment also provides
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| | anthrax from the New York Post letter
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| that in the event of a permanent vacancy
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| | said it appeared as a coarse brown
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| in the office of Governor now that
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| | granular material looking like Purina Dog
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| Governor Corzine has been sworn in and
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| | Chow.
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| before the first Lieutenant Governor of
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| | Two additional anthrax letters, bearing
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| New Jersey takes office in 2010, the
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| | the same Trenton postmark, were dated
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| President of the Senate, followed by the
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| | October 9, three weeks after the first
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| Speaker of the General Assembly, would
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| | mailing. The letters were addressed to
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| become Governor (rather than Acting
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| | two Democratic Senators, Tom Daschle of
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| Governor) and will be required to vacate
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| | South Dakota and Patrick Leahy of
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| his or her Senate (or Assembly) seat.
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| | Vermont. More potent than the first
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