The FBI now checks potential workers for felonies and ties to terror groups . The settlement will pay the victim 's family $ 50 million . The family of Stevens had sued the government for $ 2.5 million . Stevens , a tabloid photo editor , was the first person to die in the anthrax attacks in 2008 . The the Justice Department eventually blamed the attacks on a civilian scientist .
The settlement will pay the victim 's family $ 50 million . The family of Stevens had sued the government for $ 2.5 million . Stevens , a tabloid photo editor , was the first person to die in the anthrax attacks in 2008 . The the Justice Department eventually blamed the attacks on a civilian scientist .