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| 2 Letters Addressed To Mayor Bloomberg Found To Contain Ricin |
| 2013-05-30 |
| The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and the NYPD Intelligence Division have launched an investigation. CBS News reported both letters had a Shreveport, Louisiana, return address, reported CBS 2's Tony Aiello. Law enforcement sources paraphrased the letters' message as saying, "This is a taste of what's to come if you come to take my gun." Civilian personnel in New York and in Washington who came into contact with the opened letters have not suffered symptoms, but three NYPD Emergency Service Unit officers who came into contact with the letter at the city mail facility on Gold Street in Manhattan have been treated for minor symptoms of ricin exposure that have since abated, police said. "They're in the hospital now being checked out as a precaution but it's not life-threatening, what they experienced," Browne said. Last month, ricin-tainted letters addressed to President Barack Obama I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody... , as well as U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker ...junior United States Senator from Mississippi, a member of the Republican Party. In December 2007 he was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott, winning reelection the next year. A lawyer by training, he was previously a Congressman, and before that a state senator... (R-Miss.) and an 80-year-old Mississippi judge, were intercepted. Former Mississippi State House candidate and child sexual abuse investigation subject J. Everett Dutschke, 41, has been tossed in the calaboose Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in connection with that case. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Castor Bean plants are an invasive species here in San Diego County. Acquiring seeds/ricin precursors require a simple walk in the park - so to speak. anyone could do it and this seems more political message than actual attempts to kill. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-05-30 19:16 |
| #6 All ricin letters should be sent to the same address. Ths way less people have chance of being hurt. Or ricin letters should have special stamps (maybe the old mr yuck stickers). If you send a ricin letter without the special stamp there should be a large fine. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-05-30 18:17 |
| #5 ISTR that during the last "ricin letter" event, it was revealed that rubbing castor oil on the paper could cause the tests to come out positive. If so, this makes these tests worthless, as a few bucks could let someone taint an entire bag of mail. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-05-30 18:13 |
| #4 Just FYI, no one has ever successfully been assassinated this way. Makes it hard to take seriously. |
| Posted by: Javiger Platypus3846 2013-05-30 18:09 |
| #3 NO, Make it the 32 ounce container, stay consistent. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-05-30 15:33 |
| #2 ban ricin. At least in large containers. What reasonable person could object to a ban on 16 ounce containers of ricin? Do it for the children! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-05-30 13:39 |
| #1 He should ban ricin. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-30 09:13 |