Artist Steven Kurtz, who has been investigated for bio-terrorism because of his artwork, has condemned the government’s investigation. “There’s no doubt that this is a politically motivated case, to my mind. Look back to the tendencies of the government and the Department of Justice. . . . There’s fanaticism in the air. I think we’re in a very unfortunate moment now in U.S. history. A form of neo-McCarthyism has made a comeback. . . . We’re going to see a whole host of politically motivated trials which have nothing to do with crime but everything to do with artistic expression.”