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Ah the FBI. On Jan. 11, a Saturday, Butler noticed that 30 vials of plague cultures had gone missing, he said. He asked his lab staff and colleagues if they had moved or destroyed the specimens, but no one offered a clue.
He notified university officials first thing Monday morning.
On Jan. 14, FBI agents and local police officers fanned out across the campus and questioned dozens of possible witnesses.
Butler was questioned during most of the next 24 hours. He waived his Miranda rights and voluntarily took polygraph exams. Those tests, the FBI said, showed he had lied about the samples having disappeared.
Near the end of the interrogation, the FBI promised to release him if he confessed to the lie, Butler told "60 Minutes." Hours later, he was arrested.
"I was tricked and deceived by the government," Butler told "60 Minutes." "(The FBI) wanted to conclude the investigation and, they told me, reassure the public that there was no danger." From InformationClearingHouse.com
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