Anthrax Response Brings Calls For Summit
The Washington region’s top leaders yesterday called for a summit with federal officials to address their concerns that local governments were kept in the dark during this week’s anthrax scare. D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) joined an angry chorus of state and local leaders and members of Congress who said the Department of Defense failed to adequately warn the region that it was investigating a possible anthrax threat Monday morning at a Pentagon mailroom. Fairfax County officials said they learned about the incident hours later, after their emergency workers responded to a call about a suspicious biological substance at a Defense Department mailroom in Baileys Crossroads.Full Story