According to US website, the Daily Report Online, Mr Speaker accused the centre of leaking details of his disease-resistant strain of tuberculosis to the media.
US District Judge William Duffey granted the CDC’s motion for summary judgment, after deciding that Mr Speaker offered no proof that any CDC official had revealed his identity to the public or media prior to a May 2007 Associated Press article.
That article cited two anonymous sources – a ‘federal law enforcement official’ and a ‘medical official in Atlanta’ -- who identified Mr Speaker by name.
Destroyed e-mails
In his ruling, Judge Duffey stated that Mr Speaker only offered ‘speculation and conjecture’ in his claim that CDC senior communication officer Thomas Skinner had intentionally disclosed his identity.
Mr Speaker also alleged the CDC destroyed e-mails supporting his contention that the CDC hoped the public attention would lead to increased federal funding. Again, Judge Duffey said there was no proof.
Anonymous interviews
Back in 2009 it was also Judge Duffey who dismissed Mr Speaker’s first complaint, when he ruled that the claimant’s identity had been revealed by ‘other information sources’, including Mr Speaker himself, who granted a number of anonymous interviews about the ordeal in which he was quarantined by the CDC.
US District Judge William Duffey granted the CDC’s motion for summary judgment, after deciding that Mr Speaker offered no proof that any CDC official had revealed his identity to the public or media prior to a May 2007 Associated Press article.
That article cited two anonymous sources – a ‘federal law enforcement official’ and a ‘medical official in Atlanta’ -- who identified Mr Speaker by name.
Destroyed e-mails
In his ruling, Judge Duffey stated that Mr Speaker only offered ‘speculation and conjecture’ in his claim that CDC senior communication officer Thomas Skinner had intentionally disclosed his identity.
Mr Speaker also alleged the CDC destroyed e-mails supporting his contention that the CDC hoped the public attention would lead to increased federal funding. Again, Judge Duffey said there was no proof.
Anonymous interviews
Back in 2009 it was also Judge Duffey who dismissed Mr Speaker’s first complaint, when he ruled that the claimant’s identity had been revealed by ‘other information sources’, including Mr Speaker himself, who granted a number of anonymous interviews about the ordeal in which he was quarantined by the CDC.
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