After reports emerged earlier this month that someone is deliberately contaminating milk from New York dairy farms with antibiotics, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) announced that she had written to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III requesting that the FBI get involved in the investigation.
Clinton said,
They [the FBI] certainly have many more resources at their disposal to assist local and state law enforcement. Given the heightened awareness. . . . this is the kind of activity that the FBI needs to know about and keep track of.
Clinton added that the intentional contamination was “a form of terrorism” and that federal officials could help by creating a central clearing house for information on these sorts of crimes.
The Buffalo News reported that it had contacted Lt. John Hibsch, who is in charge of the state police investigation, who said that while state police had been in contact with federal authorities, no decision had been made yet on whether or not to open a federal investigation into the matter.
Source:
Clinton describes milk tainting as ‘terrorism’. John F. Bonfatti, The Buffalo News, April 12, 2002.