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RICIN CONFIRMED!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:21 am
by bfez1
FRIST CONFIRMS RICIN FOUND IN SENATE OFFICE
All Senate buildings closed after toxin found in majority leader's mailroom; House still open.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:39 am
by tomboudreau
The also found white powder in a mailing facility in Wallingford, CT. Here is the story from one of the CT news stations.
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1627600&nav=0RdeKZsV
Tom
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:11 pm
by Stephanie
I wonder if it's the same person or people responsible for the anthrax. Noone was caught for that right?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:12 pm
by Lindaloo
Good Grief!!! Here we go again!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:21 pm
by bfez1
Stephanie wrote:I wonder if it's the same person or people responsible for the anthrax. Noone was caught for that right?
No Steph, no one held responsible as of yet.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:22 pm
by Guest
I had a feeling we did not see the end of mail attacks.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:26 pm
by GulfBreezer
It is really a very scary scenario when you think about it...........the masses that could be reached in a mass mail campaign..............very scary indeed!
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:26 pm
by JQ Public
Ricin is a scary scary substance! This should be thoroughly investigated. I remember when they found huge caches of ricin in the UK.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:29 pm
by TexasStooge
Lindaloo wrote:Good Grief!!! Here we go again!!!
That's what I'm saying.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:12 pm
by GalvestonDuck
It's not the first case of ricin in the US either. There was a vial found in October '03 (I believe they said at a postal facility). It was accompanied by a note demanding better conditions for OTR truckers.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:20 pm
by GalvestonDuck
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:18 pm
by Anonymous
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:30 pm
by GalvestonDuck
The October story was from a previous US discovery.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:39 pm
by mf_dolphin
Ricin can be deadly but it's very hard to use effectively for anything much more than assassination. It not very effective except for direct injection. It doesn't penetrate through the skin or ingestion. I would guess this was done by a domestic source as opposed to a foreign terrorist. Hang them all when we catch them .....
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:51 pm
by Anonymous
There have already been a total of four potential ricin cases within the United States since October...
10-15-03 Investigation of a Ricin-Containing Envelope at a Postal Facility --- South Carolina
Before the Senate Offices, Ricin-Laced Letter Was Also Sent to White House
Test Confirms Ricin at Senate
[url=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040203/D80FQ3TG0.html]Powder Investigated at Conn. Mail Center
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