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Obama Receives Ricin Letter - White House Webcast At 11:45 EDT
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:
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Dear Obomba,
1. Open envelope...
2. Stick nose into envelope...
3. Inhale deeply.
Seriously, the President, nobody, was ever in any danger.
Seven second delay between video here and video on networks (?).
Data here routes through the Cray supercomputers.
This must be what it was like in Russia just before the collapse of the ussr.
Everything is assumed a lie.
Russians don't use ricin letters. they use polonium sandwiches.
Really? Where is Glasnost? Perestroika? Are the guards at the Lincoln Memorial going to march off quietly?
BAN US POSTAL SERVICE!
4-Chan has some pretty compelling shit regarding Boston-
http://imgur.com/a/sUrnA
Compelling.......looks legitimate....JUST THE PHOTOS, I'M NOT CHALLENGING ANY THEORIES.
I concur.
Did it kill Obama's food taster?
There he is at the "terror prompter."
"terror prompter" That's hilarious, I'll have to remember that.... LOL
Anybody notice the number of injured they are reporting in Boston. 176. The first two numbers are 17. The last two numbers 76. Get it? 1776! The revolution. The conspiracy theorists should take this as a clue that government is going to blame it on Patriots. Even the president hinted at it during his first speech. He didn't call it terrorism, but made sure he mentioned that Boston was celebrating Patriots day. Very subliminal stuff going on....
"I would suggest you ask the F.B.I."
What the fuck is the press conference for if you aren't going to say anything Carney?
Hey!.....FBI here.....we don't know shit. Good talk.
Toxic MBS just discovered at the Fed!
Carney just put his head down, turned to the left and mumbled out "The president is aware of how the people of boston reacted to the tragedy yesterday"
he must of seen the video on youtube where people were non-chalantly looting the jackets that were suposed to go the runners who finished the race.
Next year at this time they'll be on ebay for $200 a piece.
Look under "Communist memorabilia"
To each according to his needs...
anyway there must be one hell of a ton of "suspicious mails" adressed to the president each day ... the question being : why do they talk about it now ?
Because they want you to know about it
Because the next stop is WAR.
Same as it ever was.
If you're working for the president or congress, just quit your job. You're just going to get caught up in this. They're pissing people off all over the world. And when this stuff is addressed to them, they run it up the flagpole as someone trying to harm them. But in the end, you're the one who gets hurt. And in 6 months, no one knows your name or even remembers the incident. But boldly on they go. Masters of the Universe.
If the assholes in DC weren't a bunch of goddamn criminals they wouldn't have to worry about nasty letters and guns.
Oh, now I get it, tie the terrorist bombing to the need for gun control.
Fucking fascists.
"It's about the families, it's about the children, we must do it for the children!"
*cough*
you should support background checks!!!
if you oppose you have to explain why!!!
Yeah, nice veiled threats in his responses, basically saying "If you don't vote for better background checks you are a child killer!"
GWB 2001. "I will not stop. I will not rest until Osama Bin Laden is brought to justice"
GWB 2005. "I dont know where he is. To be honest, I don't spend that much time thinking about it"
"Vere are your paperz? Und vhy do you need ze guns?"
The toxic substance was probably an expiration notice for some huge underwater derivatives contract.
"We will not be terrorized! (we will just have our groins groped at the airport and gut The Constitution)."
Actor blames Boston attack on gun culture: ’2nd amendment must go’
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/16/actor-blames-boston-attack-on-gun-culture-2nd-amendment-must-go/#ixzz2QjudtesU
http://shoebat.com/2013/04/17/innocent-saudi-spotted-with-two-other-saudis-at-marathon/
Gallup poll: Only 4% of Americans think gun control is an important problem....
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gallup-only-4-americans-think-gun-contro...
(CNSNews.com) – Only 4 percent of Americans think guns and gun control are an important problem facing the country, according to Gallup, and far more Americans are concerned about the economy, unemployment and the federal debt.
"we will not be terrorised", "we will bring them to justice"....
definetly bares all the hallmarks of Al-Murrika. Something big must be brewing.
Big O thought that white powder was something else and almost snorted it
Big O thought that white powder was something else and almost snorted it
is that a digital tie he's wearing?
They are encouraging the senators to "read the legislation" That's not what they said at first. They wanted to just cram the legislation through. We'll find out what's in it later ;) ;)
Tip for Nancy Pelosi:
You have to read the mail to find out what poison is in the mail.
"White House holds briefing on this 2001 flashback event which can only mean a major military escalation somewhere, anywhere is forthcoming"
Yeah, in the streets of America. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
Wow what a coincidence!!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/sept-11-hearings-delayed-until-...
Sept. 11 Hearings Delayed Until June After Computer Crash By David Glovin - Apr 17, 2013 12:14 PM ET
Five days of hearings scheduled for next week in the case of the accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were postponed after defense lawyers said internal documents went missing on government computers.
The judge, Army Colonel James Pohl, postponed the hearings until mid-June in a two-page order posted today.
Lawyers for the accused plotters requested the delay last week after complaining that their confidential work was inexplicably missing from the U.S. Defense Department computers on which they store documents.
Colonel Todd Breasseale, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that the Office of Military Commissions, which is prosecuting the case, “suffered from a nearly catastrophic server ‘crash,’” that led to “losses of indiscriminate data.” Of almost 400 gigabytes of data initially lost, “seven gigabytes have yet to be accounted for,” he said.
ahahhhahahhhahahahahhhhahahaaahhh.
genuinely.
What did it take so damned long? Where has she/he's been for the past 3-4 years? Damn you ....:-).
I hope there were copies CCed to Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, Feinstein, Durbin, et al ... all those looking out for our freedoms .... (ugh .. "freedoms" to go die soon and painfully for all they give a fuck as we must make room for the new arrivals ... the athletic ones .... the fence jumpers.
Did someone watch V for Vendetta lately?
Hopefully one day ALL the facts truly come out about this charletan called BarakaDoc...just may be the biggest flim-flam con artist to ever walk the face of the Earth. But ya' got to give his team credit for imagination and dynamic reaction to every bit of chaos and every crisis...these guys are professional cons....they know to twist every happening and use it to their advantage...ie, to BarakaDoc's advantage...for the progressives' advantage...they don't miss one trick! Now don't you feel sorry for the liar in chief...anything to try and save his presidency and the commie causes!!!!!
Ewww, it's those evil, bitter-clinger, right-winger, anit-Keynes, TEAbagger Capitalists, no doubt. Cheap bastards probably sent the letter 2nd class...oh, the indignity of it all. /sarc.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/letter-obama-suspicious-substance-intercepted-article-1.1319191
Man arrested for sending letter to Obama with poisonous substance; father tells The News he's shocked at son's involvement Paul Kevin Curtis, of Tupelo, Miss., allegedly sent the letters to President Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker. Both tested positive for the lethal ricin and appear to be related. Curtis' father said he was shocked that his son was connected to the incident.By Daniel Beekman , Joseph Straw AND Kristen A. Lee / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 11:36 AM Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 1:05 AM
The Mississippi man arrested Wednesday in a scheme to kill President Obama with a poisoned letter is an Elvis impersonator and a caring father of four, his stunned father told the Daily News.
The letter to Obama contained deadly ricin, according to a preliminary test of the granular substance.
Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, performs songs by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll on cruise ships and gambling boats, his old man said.
Facebook Kevin Curtis is accused of mailing ricin to President Obama. He's a professional impersonator who does impressions of Elvis, Hank Williams, Jr. and other singers.
“You can’t imagine what a shock it is,” a baffled Jack Curtis Sr. said in a telephone interview Wednesday night, not long after federal agents arrested his son.
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“I don’t ever believe he would do that. How would he even be able to get a hold of ricin?”
Charles Dharapak/AP An unidentified staff member looked out from his office window down into the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building as it was under partial lock down on Wednesday.
The father said the suspect in the letter plot was nabbed while pulling out of his Corinth, Miss., driveway, on his way to pick up his children and take them to an evening church service.
“It’s a sad state of affairs,” Curtis said.
“I literally detest Obama. I hate that he was even elected to start with and I certainly can’t believe he beat Romney.
J. Scott Applewhite/ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Capitol Police ordered people to leave the lobby of the Hart Senate Office Building as they investigated at least two suspicious envelopes.
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“But I can’t think of any rhyme or reason why Kevin would do anything like that,” he added. “I’ve never talked to him about Obama and Wicker, I don't know. I know very little about him.”
The dad said his son, who goes by Kevin, at one point owned an office cleaning business in Tupelo but quit that several years ago to focus on his Elvis act.
Facebook Kevin Curtis is accused of mailing ricin to President Obama. He's a professional impersonator who does impressions of Elvis, Hank Williams, Jr. and other singers.
“He’s really good at what he does,” the father said, noting that his son once finished seventh in an Elvis impersonation competition in Memphis. “I’m shocked as all get-out.”
The potentially deadly letter addressed to Obama and mailed to the White House was one of three that were intercepted Wednesday, the same day three suspicious packages led to a partial lockdown of a Senate building.
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Facebook Kevin Curtis is accused of mailing ricin to President Obama. He's a professional impersonator who does impressions of Elvis, Hank Williams, Jr. and other singers.
U.S. Capitol Police lifted the security restrictions about 1 p.m. after the parcels proved to be harmless.
The apparent attempt on the President’s life and the other suspicious packages that turned up across the U.S. Wednesday heightened tensions created by the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday.
The FBI announced its arrest of Curtis in a statement Wednesday night, but the mailings were not believed to be related to the terror attack in Boston.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Hart Senate Office Building is located on Capitol Hill just across the street from the U.S. Capitol.
The letters, postmarked April 8 in Memphis, were caught at offsite screening facilities before they reached the White House, the district office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and the office of a Mississippi judicial official.
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A screed posted to the consumer advocacy website Ripoff Report and signed by a Kevin Curtis of Booneville, Miss., a town near Corinth, hinted at why the suspect might have harbored anger toward Wicker.
Joseph Straw The ground floor atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building, normally teeming with lobbyists and tourists, was deserted expect for police officers during the investigation.
The writer of the complaint claims to have owned and operated a cleaning business that did work for the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
The rant, which appears to have been written several years ago, details the writer’s treatment by the hospital and mentions letters sent to, and not returned by, Roger Wicker, who the writer refers to as a state representative.
It also mentions rebuffs by politicians Trent Lott and Thad Cochran, and ends with the sign-off, “This is Kevin Curtis and I approve this report.” The line is similar to one that reportedly ended the letters mailed to Wicker and Obama this week: “I am KC, and I approve this message.”
The discoveries coincided with scares created by three suspicious packages at a Senate office building. Part of a Senate building was put into lockdown when the suspicious par, but U.S. Capitol Police lifted the security restrictions at about 1 p.m. after the three packages at the Capitol complex proved to be harmless.
The letters to Obama and Wicker contained a threatening message: “To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance,” according to an FBI bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. They were signed, “I am KC and I approve this message.”
Authorities were awaiting the results of more thorough analysis of the letter because quick field tests are notorious for returning false positives for ricin, a byproduct of processing castor beans that is lethal if inhaled or ingested.
The fact the scare resulting from the potentially deadly letters followed so soon after the Boston attack was eerily reminiscent of the anthrax mailings that came on the heels of 9/11.
With News Wire Services
dbeekman@nydailynews.com, jstraw@nydailynews.com and klee@nydailynews.com