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The Case Against Hatfill Recently, for the second time, investigators looking for the culprit behind the post-9/11 anthrax attacks have searched the apartment of former Army researcher Steven J. Hatfill. But he has still not been named an official suspect! We at The Produce Section are asking why, and we're asking it with a vengeance. Here is only a partial list of facts that finger him as the mystery figure who's come to be known in the popular press as "the Manthrax behind the Anthrax." Enlarged and Purpled View of Bacillus anthracis under a microscope. Bloodhounds searching his apartment promptly got anthrax A former colleague describes him as "a little eccentric, a little standoffish, a little sociopathic" Had childhood sweetheart stolen by Tom Brokaw at 1967 ice cream social When inspectors pulled "Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles & Practice of Infectious Diseases" off shelf, bookcase spun around to reveal secret underground lair Was arrested in 1994 for repeatedly sneezing on salad bar at Annapolis area Sizzler Signs name in block letters Attended 4th grade at Greendale School in Franklin Park, New Jersey, where teachers remember him as being expert in the handling and distribution of cooties Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, upon hearing speculations that terrorists may use anthrax in a biological warfare attack, was heard to say, "Anthrax, eh?" while stroking beard