The crime spree marked the first time a sophisticated biological weapon was released in America. Just a few weeks after the horrific events of September 11, 2001, America was attacked again by another fatal act of terrorism – letters containing anthrax were mailed to victims in Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York. Decker says producers on the National Geographic project did not contact him, or anyone in his FBI circles, to investigate the story or to fact-check the three-night event series.ĭecker’s award-winning book, Recounting the Anthrax Attacks: Terror, the Amerithrax Task Force, and the Evolution of Forensics in the FBI, tells the true story from the inside out about the crimes that crippled our nation in the fall of 2001. Scott Decker, PhD, who spent almost a decade hunting the anthrax killer.Īs soon as the case was closed, Decker retired so he could write the only book about the case to reveal how the investigation really took place.

“Why would you fictionalize something that is already stranger than fiction?” asks former FBI agent R. That’s surprising news to one of the FBI agents who investigated the case. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, Novem/ / - National Geographic Channel says in its marketing and press materials that season two of their hit series The Hot Zone, premiering tonight, is only “inspired” by true events of the 2001 anthrax attacks – rather than basing it on actual events. Much more than 'inspired by true events' - former FBI agent’s book tells the complete true story of 2001 anthrax attacks from the inside out for the first time

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