BLITZER: The U.S. government is about to spend millions of dollars to pay a man who was accused of being a person of interest in those anthrax letter attacks that occurred back in 2001. Let's go to Carol. She's watching this story for us. Just coming in, we're getting details. Explain to our viewers, Carol, what's going on.</s>CAROL COSTELLO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, the U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay Dr. Steven Hatfill $2.825 million for releasing information to reporters when it should not have. That was what Steven Hatfill was alleging. I'm going to read you this thing. "Hatfill, if you remember, was named as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks. He then sued the Justice Department, saying it violated his privacy rights by speaking with reporters about the case." Now, the Justice Department also released a statement. It denies all liability in connection with Dr. Hatfill's claims. But he has agreed to the settlement. And it says it remains resolute in its investigation into these anthrax attacks which killed five individuals and sickened a number of others. You'll remember those anthrax letters were addressed to people, some on Capitol Hill, and also to NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. So far, they have no new suspects, at least any who have been named. And Dr. Steven Hatfill gets $2.8 million from the federal government -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: All right, Carol. We'll get some more information on this story, but we'll watch it. A lot of us remember that case back in 2001. A Democratic congressman has a nasty exchange with a Bush administration official, and now Republicans claim what that congressman said paints an al Qaeda target on the back of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff. And two states that are tossups are now leaning toward one candidate. There's a potentially major shift in our CNN electoral map. We'll tell you what it is right here in THE SITUATION ROOM.
Justice Department to Settle Lawsuit Filed by Former Army Scientist Steven Hatfill