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posted by martyb on Wednesday October 03 2018, @01:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the return-to-sender dept.

Ricin detected in mail sent to Pentagon

Two pieces of mail delivered to the Pentagon mail facility on Monday have initially tested positive for ricin, according to a US defense official.

The two suspicious envelopes were addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and to Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, the official told CNN.

The mail facility is in a separate building on the grounds of the Pentagon and the piece of mail which tested positive never entered the Pentagon building.

All US Postal Service mail received at the Pentagon mail screening facility on Monday is currently under quarantine and poses no threat to Pentagon personnel, according to Pentagon spokesperson Col. Rob Manning.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @11:22PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @11:22PM (#743748)

    Coincidentally, a federal judge just ruled that a white supremacist with plans for a ricin attack can walk free. [mydaytondailynews.com]

    A north Georgia white supremacist arrested last year for alleged possession of the deadly toxin ricin is no longer facing federal charges after a judge dismissed the case — on a technicality that exposes a regulatory failure.

    In an order signed Sept. 21, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Story agreed with the man’s legal team that changes to federal law in 2004 and regulatory edits in 2005 inexplicably excluded ricin from the criminal charge of possession of illegal biological toxins known as “select agents.”

    ...

    Seems like uptighty-whiteys lurve themselves some ricin. [myajc.com]

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @12:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @12:39AM (#743775)

    LOLZ. They didn't even bother to send ricin, they just sent castor beans... [twitter.com] Laziest terrorist ever! They should have at least included a note that said "Eat me!"