Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office

[KC5AV]

CNN reporting that a letter laced with ricin has been intercepted after being sent to a US Senate office.

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[texanjoker]

G R E A T - it was a nightmare after 9-11 and the anthrax attacks.... we had so many calls for service over somebody receiving a letter. Lets hope this is the only one.

[TexasGal]

It was to a Republican Senator that is openly critical of the Democrats and a gun rights supporter. I read elsewhere there was a note where the perp said something about the Senator did not listen before but he would now and people would die. The investigators have an idea of who it was.

[jmra]

It was to a Republican Senator that is openly critical of the Democrats and a gun rights supporter. I read elsewhere there was a note where the perp said something about the Senator did not listen before but he would now and people would die. The investigators have an idea of who it was.

Hope they nail him and make him "eat his words".

[Originalist]

It was to a Republican Senator that is openly critical of the Democrats and a gun rights supporter. I read elsewhere there was a note where the perp said something about the Senator did not listen before but he would now and people would die. The investigators have an idea of who it was.

Hope they nail him and make him "eat his words".

Or eat his letter....

[philip964]

G R E A T - it was a nightmare after 9-11 and the anthrax attacks.... we had so many calls for service over somebody receiving a letter. Lets hope this is the only one.

So we have another terrorist attack and almost immediately there is a again a poison letter sent. Is there a connection?

My understanding that with ricin, it's not making it, but staying alive after making it, is the difficulty.

[sjfcontrol]

Obama got one, too.

[talltex]

It was to a Republican Senator that is openly critical of the Democrats and a gun rights supporter. I read elsewhere there was a note where the perp said something about the Senator did not listen before but he would now and people would die. The investigators have an idea of who it was.

Hope they nail him and make him "eat his words".

Or eat his letter....

Anyone else notice that this morning, the man they arrested and charged with mailing the letters, was released and all charges dismissed? There's always the possibility that someone may actually be innocent when the government agencies get overzealous trying to make a quick arrest in a high profile case.

[anygunanywhere]

It was to a Republican Senator that is openly critical of the Democrats and a gun rights supporter. I read elsewhere there was a note where the perp said something about the Senator did not listen before but he would now and people would die. The investigators have an idea of who it was.

Hope they nail him and make him "eat his words".

Or eat his letter....

Anyone else notice that this morning, the man they arrested and charged with mailing the letters, was released and all charges dismissed? There's always the possibility that someone may actually be innocent when the government agencies get overzealous trying to make a quick arrest in a high profile case.

The guy initially charged is a dumbocrat.

The one being looked at now is supposedly a republican.

Go figure.

Anygunanywhere