AKA Steven Jay Hatfill

Born: 24-Oct-1953
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US biowarfare researcher

Military service: US Army (1975-76)

Researcher at USAMRIID. According to the New York Times, the FBI designated Hatfill as a "person of interest" in its anthrax letters probe. During their investigation, feds tailed him 24 hours a day, leaked his name to the media, and an FBI automobile accidentally ran over his foot. Hatfill later filed a lawsuit against John Ashcroft and the New York Times. The suit against the Times was dismissed, and the federal government settled with Hatfill by paying him $5.8 million in June 2008.

"I love my country," Hatfill said in 2010, adding, "but I learned a couple things. The government can do to you whatever they want. They can break the laws, federal laws, as they see fit � You can�t turn laws on and off as you deem fit. And the Privacy Act laws were put in place specifically to stop what happened to me. Whether we�re at war or have been attacked, the foundation of society is that you hold to the laws in place. I used to be somebody that trusted the government. Now I really don�t trust anything."

Wife: Caroline Rush Eschtruth (m. 1976, div. 1978, one daughter)
Daughter: Kamin (b. 1978)

    High School: Mattoon Senior High School, Mattoon, IL (1971)
    University: BA, Southwestern College, Winfield, KS (1975)
    Medical School: Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine, Salisbury, Rhodesia (1984)
    University: Oxford University

    SAIC (1999-2002)
    Polygraphed

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