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From: Kari
Date: 4/16/03
Time: 2:41:21 PM
Remote Name: 66.82.9.24
FBI's crime lab rocked by new DNA allegations Integrity of science testing and bullet analysis questioned By John Solomon, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Reformed after controversy in the mid-1990s, the FBI crime lab is dealing with new wrongdoing by employees that has opened the door for challenges of the lab's science in scores of cases involving DNA and bullet analysis, internal documents show. One FBI lab scientist, who connected suspects to bullets through lead analysis, has been indicted after admitting she gave false testimony, and a technician has resigned while under investigation for alleged improper testing of more than 100 DNA samples, ac- cording to records and interviews.
In addition, one of the lab's retired metallurgists is challenging the bureau's science on bullet analysis, prompting the FBI to ask the National Academy of Sciences to review its methodology, the records obtained by The Associated Press show.
FBI Lab Director Dwight Adams said detection of the problems illustrates that reforms are working