Decius wrote:
] ... "Never, ever talk to the federal government."
]
] ] Thomas Campbell Butler, at 63 years of age, is completing
] ] the 1st year of a 2-year sentence in federal prison,
] ] following an investigation and trial that was initiated
] ] after he voluntarily reported that he believed vials
] ] containing _Yersinia pestis_ were missing from his
] ] laboratory at Texas Tech University. We take this
] ] opportunity to remind the infectious diseases community
] ] of the plight of our esteemed colleague, whose career and
] ] family have, as a result of his efforts to protect us
] ] from infection by this organism, paid a price from which
] ] they will never recover.

The guy misplaced THIRTY vials of the plague.

I hate to say this, but as innocent as this guy is - you can't go around accidentally destroying but not being sure, or otherwise misplacing 30 vials of the frickin' plague.

RE: The FBI sends a strong message to the scientific community...