Articles by David Willman

220 articles since 1997

Leaks, focus on single suspect undercut anthrax probe

National | By David Willman | June 29, 2008
The federal investigation into the deadly anthrax mailings of late 2001 was undermined by leaks and a premature fixation on a single suspect, according to investigators involved in the case. Read more
 

U.S. settles with anthrax mailings subject Steven Hatfill for $5.82 million

National | By David Willman | June 28, 2008
WASHINGTON – Dr. Read more
 

British firm surfaces as competitor

National | By David Willman | December 2, 2007
A British company is now a leading contender in the federal government’s search for a better anthrax vaccine. Read more
 

New anthrax vaccine sunk by lobbying

National | By David Willman | December 2, 2007
Shortly after the Sept. Read more
 

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National | By David Willman | November 18, 2007
Shortly after the attacks of Sept. Read more
 

Image guru set the stage for Reagan

California | Local | By Johanna Neuman and David Willman | August 19, 2007
Michael K. Deaver, the media maestro who choreographed the look of the Reagan presidency, forever changing the way presidents are presented to the public, died Saturday at home in Bethesda, Md. Read more
 

FEAR INC. – A TIMES INVESTIGATION - Selling the threat of bioterrorism - A scientist defected, warned of epidemics, helped shape policy and sought to profit.

National | By David Willman | July 1, 2007
In the fall of 1992, Kanatjan Alibekov defected from Russia to the United States, bringing detailed, and chilling, descriptions of his role in making biological weapons for the former Soviet Union. Read more
 

Penalized researcher retires

National | By David Willman | May 9, 2007
A senior researcher at the National Institutes of Health, who became a symbol of the agency’s improper entanglements with drug companies and whose lasting presence on the federal payroll enraged members of Congress, has retired from the government. Read more
 

Panel starts FDA probe

National | By David Willman | January 24, 2007
A bipartisan group of congressional leaders is examining the Food and Drug Administration’s contract awards to a company that has paid consulting fees and salary to the husband of a senior agency official. Read more
 

Panel Challenges NIH Handling of Rules Violations

National | By David Willman | September 14, 2006
A congressional subcommittee chairman and a top administrator of the National Institutes of Health agreed on at least one point Wednesday: Private financial deals between drug companies and NIH scientists that have come to light in recent years have posed the worst scandal in the agency’s history. Read more
 
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