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Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:23 pm
by KC5AV
CNN reporting that a letter laced with ricin has been intercepted after being sent to a US Senate office.
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Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:26 pm
by 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.
Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:24 am
by 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.
Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:42 am
by jmra
TexasGal wrote: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".

Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:29 am
by Originalist
jmra wrote:TexasGal wrote: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....
Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:03 am
by philip964
texanjoker wrote: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.
Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:41 pm
by sjfcontrol
Obama got one, too.
Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:40 am
by talltex
Originalist wrote:jmra wrote:TexasGal wrote: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.
Re: Ricin laced letter sent to US Senate office
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:06 am
by anygunanywhere
talltex wrote:Originalist wrote:jmra wrote:TexasGal wrote: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