ON EVE OF COURT APPEARANCE, KURTZ DISCUSSES HIS CASE

Artist Steve Kurtz, who faces charges of mail and wire fraud stemming from FBI agents’ discovery that he uses biological materials in his art, spoke with The Guardian‘s Robin McKie, explaining that he believes he is a victim of a political persecution: “I have been vocal about the way the state is using research in germ warfare. That is why they want to get me.” Kurtz is due to appear in court on Tuesday.