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Former Times staff writer David Willman’s book about the 2001 anthrax attacks, “The Mirage Man,” is to be published June 7. This article is based on thousands of pages of documents, including summaries of FBI interviews and sworn testimony gathered in civil lawsuits, plus Bruce Ivins’ own writings. Willman also conducted hundreds of interviews with FBI agents, postal inspectors, federal prosecutors, defense lawyers, scientists and Ivins’ acquaintances and family members.
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