jimnyc
04-17-2013, 02:18 PM
Not sure if I missed this being posted. Gotta wonder, as a senator also got a letter with ricin, and the bombing in Boston - are they related in any way?
A letter addressed to President Obama was found to contain a substance that initially tested positive for the toxin ricin, the FBI said Wednesday.
The letter, intercepted Tuesday by authorities at a remote White House mail screening facility, contained “a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin,” the FBI said in a statement. It said there was “no indication” of any connection to the bombings Monday that killed three spectators at the Boston Marathon.
The letter follows the discovery Tuesday of a ricin-laced letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and came as authorities were investigating suspicious packages in and near the offices of members of Congress.
Edwin Donovan, deputy assistant director of the U.S. Secret Service, did not identify the substance. However, he said the Secret Service is working closely with the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI.
The substance was detected at a facility run by the Secret Service, Donovan said.
A law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter said the letter to Obama was intercepted in Anacostia, at a facility where all White House mail is initially screened.
It was then sent to a military installation in Maryland where preliminary testing found indications of ricin.
Confirmation of the powerful toxin can take 24 to 48 hours, depending on the method of testing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/letter-to-obama-containing-suspicious-substance-intercepted-by-secret-service/2013/04/17/dd4b2152-a76e-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?hpid=z1?wpisrc=al_politics _p
A letter addressed to President Obama was found to contain a substance that initially tested positive for the toxin ricin, the FBI said Wednesday.
The letter, intercepted Tuesday by authorities at a remote White House mail screening facility, contained “a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin,” the FBI said in a statement. It said there was “no indication” of any connection to the bombings Monday that killed three spectators at the Boston Marathon.
The letter follows the discovery Tuesday of a ricin-laced letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and came as authorities were investigating suspicious packages in and near the offices of members of Congress.
Edwin Donovan, deputy assistant director of the U.S. Secret Service, did not identify the substance. However, he said the Secret Service is working closely with the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI.
The substance was detected at a facility run by the Secret Service, Donovan said.
A law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter said the letter to Obama was intercepted in Anacostia, at a facility where all White House mail is initially screened.
It was then sent to a military installation in Maryland where preliminary testing found indications of ricin.
Confirmation of the powerful toxin can take 24 to 48 hours, depending on the method of testing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/letter-to-obama-containing-suspicious-substance-intercepted-by-secret-service/2013/04/17/dd4b2152-a76e-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?hpid=z1?wpisrc=al_politics _p