Posted: 4/17/2013 8:44:38 AM EDT
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Newslink A letter addressed to President Obama that field-tested positive for the poison ricin was received at the remote White House mail screening facility Tuesday, according to law enforcement officials. The facility routinely identifies letters or parcels that require secondary screening or scientific testing before delivery. The separate Senate mail-handling facility also Tuesday received a suspicious letter potentially laced with ricin addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, postmarked from Memphis. Testing on the first letter, addressed to Republican Wicker, is incomplete but expected to be finished this afternoon. The Secret Service's White House mail-screening facility is a remote facility, not located near the White House complex, that all White House mail goes through. The Secret Service is working closely with the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI in this investigation. More at link above. Favorite part of the article... Field tests are often unreliable, and a false positive for ricin occurs at least once each year, a homeland security official told ABC News. Don't people realize that the mail gets screened heavily before it reaches it destination?? 
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Details to follow... Newslink A letter addressed to President Obama that field-tested positive for the poison ricin was received at the remote White House mail screening facility Tuesday, according to law enforcement officials. The facility routinely identifies letters or parcels that require secondary screening or scientific testing before delivery. The separate Senate mail-handling facility also Tuesday received a suspicious letter potentially laced with ricin addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, postmarked from Memphis. Testing on the first letter, addressed to Republican Wicker, is incomplete but expected to be finished this afternoon. The Secret Service's White House mail-screening facility is a remote facility, not located near the White House complex, that all White House mail goes through. The Secret Service is working closely with the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI in this investigation. More at link above. Don't people realize that the mail gets screened heavily before it reaches it destination??
-SleeperShooter Remember what happened the first time poison letters where sent? I'm pretty sure it's more about disruption than anything else. |
