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Home Front: WoT
Another suspicious letter found, this one to Obama
2013-04-17
Somebody is having a little too much fun.
White House mail handlers identified a "suspicious substance" in a letter sent to President Barack Obama the same day one suspected of containing the poison ricin was found in a Senate mailroom, the Secret Service said Wednesday.

Both letters arrived Tuesday at off-site postal facilities set up after the 2001 anthrax attacks and have been sent to laboratories for additional tests, authorities said.

"A letter addressed to the president containing a suspicious substance was received at the remote White House mail screening facility," Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said. The Secret Service, FBI and Capitol Police are investigating, he said.

Shortly after that announcement, Capitol Police were checking out reports of suspicious packages or letters in two Senate office buildings. The first floor of the Hart Senate Office Building was evacuated shortly before noon.

That news came a day after preliminary tests on a letter sent to the Senate indicated the presence of ricin, a deadly toxin with no known antidote. Further tests on that letter took place Wednesday, the FBI said.
And the authorities have a suspect in mind. Let us hope he actually is the culprit. Then give him a fair, fast trial, followed by a fast, fair sentence
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Posted by:tipper

#1  Wouldn't suprise me if it turned out to be Cocaine or Meth. From a Fan.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-04-17 12:12  

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