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Old 04-17-2013, 12:29 PM
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just saw they have a suspect for the mailing.
You see this..

Letter sent to Obama tests positive for ricin, officials say.

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A letter addressed to President Barack Obama tested positive for the poison ricin and was from the same sender who mailed a letter to a senator that also tested positive, officials told NBC News on Wednesday.

The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility Tuesday and was being tested further, a Secret Service official told NBC News. A federal law enforcement official said that the letter was “very similar” to one addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.

Federal officials told NBC News that they believe they know who sent the letters, but no arrest was made because authorities were waiting for further test results.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...cials-say?lite
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Old 04-17-2013, 12:42 PM
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I'm not trying to be glib here but have any of these poisoned pieces of mail ever worked? I know there have been successful mail bombs but these "poisoned letters" seem like a sure way to get arrested without any meaningful results.
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Old 04-17-2013, 01:47 PM
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The Associated Press ‏@AP 4m BREAKING: Law enforcement official: Arrest imminent in Boston Marathon bombing, suspect to be brought to court.
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Old 04-17-2013, 02:05 PM
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The Associated Press ‏@AP 4m BREAKING: Law enforcement official: Arrest imminent in Boston Marathon bombing, suspect to be brought to court.
This means they have the suspected bomber. They would not risk him killing himself.
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The Associated Press ‏@AP 4m BREAKING: Law enforcement official: Arrest imminent in Boston Marathon bombing, suspect to be brought to court.
Some much for being imminent, still no arrests have been made.
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Old 04-17-2013, 03:42 PM
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I'm not trying to be glib here but have any of these poisoned pieces of mail ever worked? I know there have been successful mail bombs but these "poisoned letters" seem like a sure way to get arrested without any meaningful results.
i believe some people were sickened from some poisoned letters in the past, which is why they do the extra screening now for govt addressed mail-or maybe all mail?

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The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on Tuesday, September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others.
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Old 04-17-2013, 05:28 PM
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i believe some people were sickened from some poisoned letters in the past, which is why they do the extra screening now for govt addressed mail-or maybe all mail?

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The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on Tuesday, September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others.
I stand corrected. Thank you. I thought a few people became ill but there were no fatalities.
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Old 04-17-2013, 05:38 PM
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I stand corrected. Thank you. I thought a few people became ill but there were no fatalities.
hey, i wasn't sure either...glad i looked.
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At last nights Bruins game

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Suspects uncovered by Anonymous and confirmed by Police after being reported by Drudge

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Old 04-17-2013, 03:41 PM
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Letter sent to Obama tests positive for ricin, officials say.



http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...cials-say?lite
heard about it, but have been swamped at work much of the day-til now. playing catch up.
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