Obama sent ricin letter

Obama Receives Ricin Letter - White House Webcast At 11:45 EDT

Zero Hedge,

16 April, 2003

Yesterday Sarin for Senators, now suspicious substances sent to Obama? CNN reports:

LETTER WITH SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCE WAS SENT TO OBAMA: CNN

SECRET SERVICE: SUSPICIOUS LETTER TO OBAMA RECEIVED YESTERDAY

CNN says letter was found at off-site mail-screening facility, substance is unknown, cites unidentified Secret Service officials.

It appears the "suspicious substance" was not a balanced budget, but sarin toxin instead, as the letter received in the Senate yesterday.

Suspicious letter addressed to Obama has tested positive for ricin (as did letter to Sen Roger Wicker (R-MS)

And then this:

Capitol police are evacuating part of Hart Senate office building (first floor) because of a suspicious package

SUSPICOUS PACKAGE FOUND IN THE ATRIUM AND SUSPICOUS ENVELOPE FOUND ON THIRD FLOOR OF THE HART BUILDING. FOX.

CAPITOL POLICE ORDERING PEOPLE ON HIGHER FLOORS TO GO INTO OFFICES. FIRST FLOOR OF HART EVACUATED DUE TO SUSPICOUS PACKAGE. CNN.

From the Hill:

Authorities have intercepted a letter to the White House that tested positive for ricin poison, according to multiple media reports.
The Secret Service has acknowledged the letter addressed to President Obama contained a suspicious substance but has not stated it was ricin, a deadly poison.

On Tuesday, lawmakers revealed that a letter addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) had tested positive for the poison.

The Secret Service said the letter was sent to Obama on April 16 and was discovered at a remove White House mail screening facility.

"This facility routinely identifies letters or parcels that require secondary screening or scientific testing before delivery," the Secret Service said in a statement. "The Secret Service White House mail screening facility is a remote facility, not located near the White House complex, that all White House mail goes through."

Our take home from all of this is that the USPS appears to still be in business. Amazing.

White House holds briefing on this 2001 flashback event which can only mean a major military escalation somewhere, anywhere is forthcoming

Arrest over Barack Obama ricin letter - US authorities

US authorities have arrested a suspect from Mississippi in connection with a letter that tested positive for the poison ricin that was sent to President Barack Obama, US law enforcements say.

TVNZ,

17 April, 2013

The FBI said it has arrested Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Mississippi, in connection with ricin letters sent to US officials, including Obama.

Curtis is "believed to be responsible for the mailings of the three letters sent through the US Postal Inspection Service, which contained a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin," the FBI said.

The letters were addressed to a US senator, the White House and a Mississippi justice official, the FBI said.

The letters to Obama and another to Republican Senator Roger Wicker, which also tested positive for ricin, both included the initials "KC," according to an FBI operations bulletin reviewed by Reuters.

The letters were postmarked from Memphis, Tennessee, and were dated April 8. That mailing territory could also include some areas in neighbouring northern Mississippi, Wicker's state.

The FBI statement said: "There is no indication of a connection to the attack in Boston," where three people were killed in bombings at the Boston Marathon on Tuesday.

The US Secret Service said the letter to Obama was received at a mail screening facility yesterday.

The mail facility that received the letter was not located near the White House itself, Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said in a statement.

"The Secret Service is working closely with the US Capitol Police and the FBI in this investigation," Donovan said.

News that the letter to Obama was being investigated came as a flurry of other reports of suspicious letters and a package caused the evacuation of parts of two Senate buildings and set nerves in Washington on edge.

Parts of the Russell and Hart Senate office buildings were cleared while officials investigated suspicious letters and a package, a Capitol Police spokesman said earlier.

US law enforcement have since reopened the Hart Senate building near the US Capitol after tests on suspicious items showed there was no threat, authorities said.

"All test results were negative" US Capitol Police said over the public announcement system in Senate offices.

Senator Carl Levin said one of his Michigan regional offices had received a suspicious-looking letter, but it was not opened. Authorities are investigating, Levin said in a statement.

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