Stephen Hatfield

…And for Decker, this is one of the trickiest parts of leading an investigative team, making sure that team faces the things that disprove the current hypothesis. And in early 2003, it's exactly what's happening with the evidence against Dr. Stephen Hadfill. FBI agents had searched his house. Dogs had sniffed for his scent. Divers plunged in a pond. The FBI…

…Perfect enough for the FBI to put Hatfield under surveillance. And remember, Hatfield had agreed already to let them search his apartment. In exchange for that, Hatfield says the FBI promised him something too, that the process would be very discreet, which it is until the day of the search.…

…But he specifically says he hadn't taken any in the couple of months leading up to 9-11 and the anthrax attacks. But when the FBI reviews his pharmacy records, they find a different story. Hatfield had filled prescriptions twice in those months, exactly two days before the New York letters were mailed, and again, two days before the Capitol Hill letters wer…