But we did handle it appropriately in case it was dangerous. The FBI did not return phone calls for comment. Horsley went through a hazardous material wash-down at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton as a precaution. Tim Padgett, director of the Carroll County Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the West Georgia Regional Hazardous Material Team was called out to decontaminate Horsley. Horsley was expected to be fingerprinted by the FBI for agents to determine which prints on the letter are his and which ones aren't.
Anthrax is an infectious bacterium used in biological warfare.
When inhaled, it can cause respiratory death within a week. Horsley, a 1985 graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary near Philadelphia, was thrust into the national spotlight after he crossed Dr. Barnett Slepian's name off a list of 225 doctors on his Web site, after Slepian was shot to death in his Buffalo home. Some doctors' names are accompanied by personal information, such as photos, home addresses, names of children and wives. When a doctor is killed, the name is crossed off. When wounded, the name is grayed.