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Letter to White House tests positive for cyanide
2015-03-19
[Iran Press TV] An envelope intended for the White House has tested positive for cyanide, according to a statement from the US Secret Service.

The Tuesday statement said the letter, received at an off-site mail screening facility, returned a "presumptive positive for cyanide" and was transferred to another site for further testing.

The Secret Service, which is responsible for US President Barack Obama
Jedi mind meld...
's security, did not disclose if the letter was addressed to him or what had led the agents to test it.

"As this is an ongoing investigation, the Secret Service will have no additional comment," the statement read.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Arugula - Eruca sativa

Obean likes that subspecies of flora, apparently.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-03-19 20:23  

#8  Add an N to the CN- (polyatomic cyanide ion) and you get CNN. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-03-19 19:26  

#7  You can find low levels of cyanides (Detectable by the security process they apparently used) in a lot of things, not the least of which are certain foods including almonds, millet sprouts, lima beans, soy, spinach, bamboo shoots, and cassava roots.

What about arugula?
Posted by: charger   2015-03-19 19:05  

#6  A little 'Dog Wagging' for deflective purposes by someone at the WH, I perceive.

You can find low levels of cyanides (Detectable by the security process they apparently used) in a lot of things, not the least of which are certain foods including almonds, millet sprouts, lima beans, soy, spinach, bamboo shoots, and cassava roots.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-03-19 17:48  

#5  Probably addressed to the Secret Service from an unpaid hooker in Bogata.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-03-19 14:25  

#4  Letter to from White House tests positive for cyanide bull$hit.

fify
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169   2015-03-19 13:27  

#3  Has anyone checked the fire alarms and sprinklers in the Reichstag??
Posted by: AlanC   2015-03-19 11:14  

#2  The problem is it's a letter from the IRS.
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-03-19 07:56  

#1  Another fake hate crime?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-19 06:30  

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