September 3, 2008

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Federal and local law enforcement agencies
are offering a $20,000 reward for information about a 2005 anthrax
hoax at the Savannah River Site, across the river in South
Carolina.

The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Columbia County
Sheriff's Office issued the reward offer Tuesday. The agencies hope
to learn who was responsible for the hoax against officials at the
nuclear site and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI's in Augusta
at (706) 722-3702, the sheriff's office at (706) 541-2782, or the
Postal Inspection Service at (888) 876-5322.