Scientists in Tuscon have discovered the information about the Clarence Thomas "pubic hair in the Coke" issue.  Gerald Lassiter, a Biology PhD candidate from the University of Arizona, was able to secure the actual Coke can in question from Dr. Anita Hill.  Dr. Hill donated the can to the school for student forensic analysis.

Lassiter was able to isolate specific markers from the hair found in the can.  There were two individual donors - one a black male and one a white female.  Ther Markers were mapped and compared to known DNA samples for previously arrested individuals across the country.  Upon analysis from a network of law enforcement databases around the nation, it was determined there was a hit for white female DNA profile. 

The DNA was that of political pundant Ann Hart Coulter.  According to Ann Arbor police, her DNA entered the system in 1991 for identity purposes when there was a young law student from University of Michigan who was reported missing by her frantic parents.     

This was just months after the first gulf war has erupted.  There was a Corporal from the USMC corps in Kuwait that had attended a party thrown by Haliburton in honor of George Herber Walker Bush at the Kuwait Sheraton in 1991.  According to a marine Corporal, whose sworn statement was file with the can, there was a lot of drinking and "carousing" happening that night.  "There was a blonde woman doing a strange dance with the Coke can", he said, "It was nothing I had ever seen before".

After the first gulf war, the Corporal Smith’s unit was shipped home.  He was discharged and returned to his native home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Corporal Smith was arrested later that year for possession of a small amount of Marijuanna during the "Hash Bash", an annual parade in Ann Arbor glorifing the smoking of pot.  Upon a police search of Corp. Smith’s living quarters, the Coke can was seized.  The can was entered into evidence and remained in police custody.  Corp. Smith was released and not charged.

Ms. Coulter could not be reached for comment.