http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t3

 

 

Washington (CNN) -- An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was told the letter was addressed to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. A laboratory in Maryland confirmed the presence of ricin after initial field tests indicated the poison was present, according to Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer.

 

 

 

 

 

Is this the beginning of something larger?

I would think so. Some of the people I work and trained with say it has been a while since an attack and believe one is being developed/implemented (crazy/overly cautious maybe). That said testing the system before an attack is a strategy.

Well remember, the anthrax came shortly after 9/11 so it would stand to reason that if this is all being perpetuated by one group that it might follow a similar pattern...

The question would be who is behind the attack? The bombing still seems to be wide open in terms of who, as far as the MO of the attack. The ricin though... have foreign terrorists ever used ricin? I remember some stories about an attempted ricin attack from al qaeda but nothing more than a news blurb.

They just intercepted another letter to Obama that preliminary tests show contains ricin. All over CNN now.

I dunno but the more targets that are revealed the better picture we get.

What do these people think? Obama walks out the the mail box on Pennsylvania ave and gets it himself?

The question would be who is behind the attack? The bombing still seems to be wide open in terms of who, as far as the MO of the attack. The ricin though... have foreign terrorists ever used ricin? I remember some stories about an attempted ricin attack from al qaeda but nothing more than a news blurb.

I believe that Ricin was used in the Japanese subway attacks by a cult years ago but as for another terrorist organization, I don't believe so.

another letter to arizona sen jeff flake

So I was right....this appears to be the beginning of something larger.

 

I find it difficult to believe that either a) the event in Boston and this aren't related, or b) the incident in Boston triggered someone else to mail these letters as well.

 

 

Maybe it's just me getting older, but I'm way more concerned now that I was after any previous event like OKC, the anthrax scares or 9/11.

 

This is DOMESTIC...it's not middle easterners.

I believe that Ricin was used in the Japanese subway attacks by a cult years ago but as for another terrorist organization, I don't believe so.

 

That was Sarin gas. Ricin was used in an umbrella pin-prick assassination in the UK by a Russian IIRC.

another letter to arizona sen jeff flake

 

News is also report one sent to Pres. Obama.

So I was right....this appears to be the beginning of something larger. I find it difficult to believe that either a) the event in Boston and this aren't related, or b) the incident in Boston triggered someone else to mail these letters as well. Maybe it's just me getting older, but I'm way more concerned now that I was after any previous event like OKC, the anthrax scares or 9/11. This is DOMESTIC...it's not middle easterners.

 

According to the news all the letters were postmarked 4/8 (before Boston) from Memphis.. no known correlation.

letters are signed "I am KC and I approve this message"

 

police have a suspect in mind.

"The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members," McCaskill said as she emerged from a classified briefing.

 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/17/envelope-containing-ricin-sent-to-sen-wicker-lawmakers-say/#ixzz2QkNsgW00

That was Sarin gas. Ricin was used in an umbrella pin-prick assassination in the UK by a Russian IIRC.

Thanks Mr Bob.....

According to the news all the letters were postmarked 4/8 (before Boston) from Memphis.. no known correlation.

 

Thanks for the clarification. I suppose there would be some lag time due to the security.

That was fast....

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BREAKING: Arrest Has Been Made In Ricin Mailings

 

by Josh Feldman | 7:37 pm, April 17th, 2013

http://www.mediaite.com/online/breaking-arrest-has-been-made-in-ricin-mailings/

 

An arrest has been made in the case of two envelopes containing ricin that were sent to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker, as well as letters sent to other senators that have yet to be confirmed whether they also contained ricin. Both NBC News and CBS News just confirmed the news on Twitter, with NBC saying the man has been identified as Mississippi resident Kenneth Curtis.

 

Both of the letters sent to Washington contained the signature “I am KC and I approve this message.” Both letters were intercepted at off-site mail facilities and were independently confirmed to contain ricin.

Here is the tweet from NBC:

And the tweet from CBS:

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they had him on a watch list already for sending letters before, but this time he stepped it up

What a dumbass. He probably had a return address lol

Wow, very unintelligent.