portrait of Representative Rush Holt   
 Representative Rush Holt, 12th District of New Jersey

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 2, 2006
Contact: Pat Eddington
202-225-5801 (office)

HOLT CHALLENGES FBI CHARACTERIZATION
OF ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION

House Intelligence Committee Member Asks Bureau
to Update New Jersey Postal Employees, Public


Washington, D.C. -- Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) today sent a follow-up letter to FBI Assistant Director for Congressional Affairs Eleni P. Kalisch taking issue with the Bureau’s characterization of the progress of the investigation, reiterating his request for a classified briefing on the issue for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and requesting an unclassified update on the investigation for New Jersey postal employees impacted by the October 2001 attacks. A copy of the letter can be viewed by clicking here.

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