Case Closed (Paperback)

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In 2001, one or more persons unleashed a series of attacks - letters filled with deadly anthrax powder - five people died and 22 more were infected. In seven years, the FBI failed to solve the case. Then, in the summer of 2008, the FBI announced that a scientist who had never in those seven years been formally accused or even designated as a "person of interest," and who had just the week before allegedly committed suicide, was the sole perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks. According to the FBI, this one scientist prepared the lethal anthrax powder, got it out of the U.S. Army lab near Washington, D.C. where he worked, put it into multiple envelopes, and took those envelopes to a mailbox in Princeton, N.J. There are no witnesses or forensic evidence to connect this scientist with the attacks. It seems impossible that he could even have been in Princeton to mail the letters when the FBI says he was there. And the science the FBI says it used to prove its case is very much unproven. CASE CLOSED presents one possible (fictional) sequence of events to explain the FBI's failure. Says one well-placed source in the Intelligence Community: This story, unfortunately, is "all too plausible."

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: WingSpan Press (May 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595943188
• ISBN-13: 978-1595943187
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,350,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Couragous Novel- A must read for political junkies, June 15, 2009

By	Gene Reilly (Washington Crossing, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is not just a good book, but an important one.

In the forward, author Lew Weinstien admits that he bacame obsessed with the FBI's stunningly abrupt conclusion to the nearly 7 year old Anthrax investigation in 2008 wherein the alleged perpetrator Bruce Ivins was posthumously tried in the court of public opinion by the FBI and found guilty. Weinstein knew there were demons embedded in this story, and they haunted him. For weeks he could not rest until he'd put pen to paper in a cathartic purge. This novel is the result.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I'll admit, that I had much the same reaction to the FBI announcement that spring. So moved was I that I did my own research and concluded beyond any reasonable doubt that Bruce Ivins was murdered by powerful forces that had strong political motives. Author Weinstein does a terriffic job telling this fictionalized account of an inter agency post-mortem investigation of the (real) failed FBI investigation. Yes, make no mistake this is fiction, and the names have been changed to prevent law suits, but the conclusion the author reaches is exactly the one I reached last year after exhaustive research. Ivins, it turns out, is just the tip of a very menacing real-world iceberg.
Any American who came to mistrust the ambitions of the previous administration, and feared that our constitution was being undermined by overzelous ideological politicians who had a cosy relationship with "the dark side" will find this book intellectually stimulating, and perhaps even vindicating, as I did. I reccomend you buy it, read it, and pass it on to someone who will benefit from a deeper understanding of the dangers posed by authoritarian politicians, who are, even as I write this, champing at the bit for their chance to regain power. It's that important.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author's real world role in furthering public understanding, June 20, 2009

By	Ross (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews

Weinstein has provided us with fast-paced beach reading. Separately, through his website, he has played a key role in promoting public efforts to understand the Amerithrax investigation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too Believable, June 17, 2009

By	Dianne A. OConnell (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Case Closed
My biggest problem with CASE CLOSED is it is too believable. I would not be at all disappointed if Lewis Weinstein's fictionalized novel about the FBI's anthrax investigation turned out to be more truth than fiction. This predisposition sometimes would get in my way while reading, and I would have to remind myself that "this is just a novel."

Lew's 144-page story is a quick read. In July 2008 a physician employee of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases dies. The FBI immediately not only declares the death a suicide, but also announces that the doctor had been their prime suspect in the 2001 anthrax murders by mail. "I don't @#$%ing think so!" says the director of the nation's Defense intelligence Agency (DIA) and a covert investigation of the FBI itself begins.

The trail leads to where some of us always thought it would lead -- but it's best to let you follow the discoveries yourself. It is a well-written, well-developed investigation.

It has been interesting to follow Mr. Weinstein's modern promotional techniques. His blogs and utilization of online resources other have been inspirational for authors looking for unique ways in which to get the word out regarding their writing.

If one follows Mr. Weinstein's blog, it becomes clear that the CASE is far from CLOSED for a number of his readers.