Suicide latest twist in 7-year anthrax saga

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WASHINGTON, August 2 (Agencies): Seven years after anthrax-laced letters terrorized an already frightened nation, a new suspect suddenly emerged in the public eye this week. But he was gone just as quickly, committing suicide before he could be charged with murder and adding another dramatic twist to the bizarre episode.

The government's working theory - that brilliant but troubled Army scientist Bruce E. Ivins released the anthrax to test his cure for the toxin - answers some of the questions, perhaps, but many details remain unclear.

"I think the FBI owes us a complete accounting of their investigation and ought to be able to tell us at some point, how we're going to bring this to closure," said former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, whose office received a letter containing the deadly white powder in 2001. "It's been seven years, there's a lot of unanswered questions and I think the American people deserve to know more than they do today."