RandomGuy
04-17-2013, 01:03 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secret-service-ricin-laced-letter-obama-found/story?id=18978412
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, through which all White House mail goes.
The Secret Service is working closely with the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI in this investigation.
"The investigation into these letters remains ongoing, and more letters may still be received," the FBI said in a statement this morning. "There is no indication of a connection to the attack in Boston." ...
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, through which all White House mail goes.
The Secret Service is working closely with the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI in this investigation.
"The investigation into these letters remains ongoing, and more letters may still be received," the FBI said in a statement this morning. "There is no indication of a connection to the attack in Boston." ...