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e >. * ALL INFORMATION CONTATHED Tw aH _ r 1 S . HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED TEER te CNCCree blood test for FBI DATE L2-L5-2008 BY 60924 UC BAW/RS/LSC Guy Taylor THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published 8/28/2002 The attorney for Steven J. Hatfill says the FBI has asked the former Army researcher, who has been named a "person of interest" in the government's anthrax probe, to submit blood and handwriting samples to investigators. “The FBI has asked for a handwriting sample and a blood sample. The neat thing is that Hatfill is the one who had to tell them the kind of [blocd] test that they need to be doing," Mr. Hatfill's attorney, Vietor M. Glasberg, told The Washington Times yesterday. Mr. Glasberg said he expects the FBI will be able to determine by tomorrow whether Mr. Hatfill's handwriting matches that on the anthrax letters sent in the fall to media outlets in Florida and New York and to two senators on Capitol Bill. The anthrax attacks killed five persons. Mr. Glasberg said that if the bureau does not make public its analysis of Mr. Hatfill’s handwriting within “about five days," Mr. Hatfill will sabmit samples to a private handwriting analyst who has offered to examine them. The FBI declined to confirm whether blood or handwriting samples have been sought. "Any handwriting samples and results of any scientific or forensic examinations are evidence, which we don't discuss," said Chris Murray, spokesman for the bureau's Washington field office, which is leading the government's anthrax probe. A new suspicions letter appeared this week at the Nashville, Teun., offices of former Vice President Al Gore. Jano Cabrera, a spokesman for Mr. Gore, said the letter was received in the mail Monday. It was opened yesterday by office manager Mary Patterson, and white powder spilled when the letter was opened. The room where the letter was opened has been quarantined, and a hazardous-materials team is investigating. The envelope was postmarked from Tennessee and was stamped on the back with "This letter has not been inspected by the corrections department."