WASHINGTON -- FBI investigators who have tested a plastic box and other equipment recovered this winter from a pond near Frederick, Md., have received two conflicting assessments of whether the items are contaminated with anthrax bacteria, the deadly microbes used in the 2001 attacks that killed five people and sickened 13 others, according to government sources.
One test result was positive for anthrax bacteria, but a second laboratory reported finding no trace of the deadly spores, according to investigators close to the case.
Some FBI investigators believe the device, described as a plastic or plexiglass box with holes cut into it that would allow someone …
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