A former Army scientist will receive $5.8 million in order to settle his lawsuit against the Justice Department.

Steven Hatfill claimed that the Justice Department has violated his privacy rights by speaking with reporters about the case.

The Justice Department will pay $2.825 million up front along with a $3 million annuity which will pay him $150,000 each year for 20 years.

Hatfill contracted infectious disease while working in laboratory from 1997 to 1999. Five people were killed and 17 sickened by anthrax on 2001, when anthrax was mailed to lawmakers on Capitol Hill and members of the news media in New York and Florida just weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Twin Towers, New York.