October 19, 2006 marks the fifth anniversary of the Brentwood Anthrax attacks in Brentwood, Virginia.  In October, 2001, two United States Postal Service (USPS) workers, Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr., died from inhalation anthrax they contracted working with mail in the contaminated Brentwood facility. Judicial Watch represented hundreds of USPS workers and a USPS workers’ support group organized as “Brentwood Exposed,” concerning all matters related to the attacks. 

Click here to view the Brentwood Exposed Homepage which gives details about the anniversary ceremony on Thursday, October 19, 2006.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in front of the U.S. Disctrict Court building on Apr. 29, 2004

Judicial Watch filed a complaint on December 6, 2002 for criminal investigation with the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia concerning the October 2001 anthrax contamination of the Brentwood Postal Facility. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court rejected our petition for writ of certioari on May 11, 2006.

Documents

• Reply Brief in Support of Petition
• Petition for Writ of Certiorari
• Judgment of US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• Appellant's Reply Brief before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit - See the document as filed (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• Appellant's Brief before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit - See the document as filed (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• Briscoe v. Potter Memo Order - See the document as filed (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• Reply Brief In Brentwood Anthrax EEOC Matter - See the document as filed (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• CLASS AGENT BRISCOE’S RESPONSE TO THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION’S MAY 13, 2004 ORDER TO PRODUCE INFORMATION - See the document as filed
• Lessons from the Anthrax Attacks: Implications for US Bioterrorism Preparedness - Declassified Report prepared by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Adobe Acrobate Reader Required)
• PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND LITIGATION EXPENSES - See the document as filed
• WATCHDOG DISPUTES GAO TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS - Misleading and Inaccurate Report to Congress Dodges Accountability and Trivializes Deaths
• Analysis of GAO Testimony - U. S. Postal Service - Clear Communication With Employees Needed Before Reopening The Brentwood Postal Facility (Adobe Acrobat Required)
• Memorandum Opinion - Court opinion granting Judicial Watch's request (Adobe Acrobat Required)
• COMPLAINT; DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL - See the complaint as filed
• Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint - See the complaint as filed
• Complaint for Criminal Investigation - Filed with U.S. Attorney Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., Esq.
• FOIA Documents - Uncovered by Judicial Watch

News Links

Press Releases

• Judicial Watch Case for Brentwood Postal Worker Anthrax Victims Heard in D.C. Court of Appeals (Oct. 27, 2005)
• Court Hearing for Anthrax Survivors' Claims Against USPS Officials (Apr. 28, 2004)
• Postal Worker Anthrax Victims Deserve Day in court, Group Says (Apr. 29, 2004)
• Watchdog Calls on U.S. Postal Service to Disclose Safety Measures Enacted to Protect Postal Workers and General Public (Feb. 3, 2004)
• Watchdog Disputes GAO Testimony to Congress (Nov. 21, 2003)
• Brentwood Anthrax Survivors File Class Action Lawsuit Against Postmaster General, Senior Postal Service Managers (Oct. 14, 2003)
• Victory: Judicial Watch Investigation Prompts GAO to Expand Anthrax Probe (May 20, 2003)
• Judicial Watch to Intervene to Protect V Street Postal Workers (Jan. 15, 2003)
• White House Dodges Anthrax Questions (Jan. 10, 2003)
• Judicial Watch Files Criminal Complaint With U.S. Attorney Roscoe C. Howard Over Brentwood Anthrax Cover-Up (Dec. 6, 2002)
• FBI and Bush Administration Sued Over Anthrax Documents (Jun. 7, 2002)