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posted by takyon on Wednesday October 24 2018, @04:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the hate-machine dept.

Three Explosive Devices Sent to Clintons, Obama and CNN Offices

Explosive devices were sent to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as to CNN's offices in New York, sparking an intense investigation on Wednesday into whether a bomber is going after targets that have often been the subject of right-wing ire.

A law enforcement official said the three devices were similar to one found Monday at the home of George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist and liberal donor.

[...] The device sent to CNN was contained in a manila envelope addressed to John Brennan, who was the C.I.A. director in the Obama administration and is a harsh critic of Mr. Trump. The president revoked Mr. Brennan's security clearance in what was seen as an act of retribution. The return address bore the name of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman who formerly headed the Democratic National Committee.

In a statement, the White House condemned "the attempted violent attacks."

Update 1: The explosive devices have been described as pipe bombs. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that a device was also sent to his office.

Update 2:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's spokesman has identified the device sent to his office, originally believed to be suspicious, as a thumb drive containing files on the far right group Proud Boys. It does not appear to be related to the explosive devices.

[...] Another suspicious package has been intercepted at a Congressional mail screening facility in Capitol Heights, Maryland, according to CNN. [...] ABC News reported the package was addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat.

Live updates at The Guardian.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:07PM (17 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:07PM (#753161) Journal

    Nope - I'm not going to deal with NPC-whateverthefuck. Soylent cannot turn into disqus for multiple reasons. Among those reasons, we don't pay our staff. We just work them to death, then toss their bodies aside to make room for new staff.

    Any other questions?

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:26PM (6 children)

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:26PM (#753175) Journal

    What's done with the discarded bodies? Can we bid on them?

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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:44PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:44PM (#753188) Journal

      I never thought of that. Bid twenty or thirty bucks on a cadaver - for what? Dog food? Unless - have you ever been known as Doctor Lectur?

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by bob_super on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:45PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:45PM (#753190)

      Soylent green, obviously.

    • (Score: 1) by DECbot on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:10PM

      by DECbot (832) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:10PM (#753239) Journal

      I thought they were composted for heat which is used to run a turbine on a generator used to power the server.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:10PM (1 child)

      by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:10PM (#753278)

      You do realize one of said staff goes by the callsign "The Mighty Buzzard"? It ain't just because he's an old buzzard.

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    • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:48PM

      by Sulla (5173) on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:48PM (#753732) Journal

      I could run another "sweepstakes" but this time you get mods instead of blackberrys

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:12PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:12PM (#753321)

    This place will turn into disqus if you allow paid troll posters to sign up. Am I allowed to hawk boner pills here?
    I think banning opinions and annoying personalities is a poor fit for a site like this but allowing people to come here with no intent to contribute positively in any way shape or form is a bad idea.

    Furthermore I gotta tell you. You will not get a harder erection AT ANY PRICE than what my I offer at such a low price with my revolutionary boner bead pills. It is taking the internet by storm.

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:16PM

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:16PM (#753323) Journal

      paid troll posters

      Where is your evidence for this?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:32PM (#753340)

      You're the worst AC troll on the site.

    • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:51PM

      by Sulla (5173) on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:51PM (#753734) Journal

      Meh. 4chan survived CorrectTheRecord, 4chan survived ShareBlue. When they pay trolls to come in they also expose that troll to other opinions, and at least in the case of 4chan lose a lot of their own people.

      >You have been paid .02 for this post.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:56PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:56PM (#753388)

    Any other questions?

    Yes, are you the #MAGAbomber?

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:24AM (4 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:24AM (#753405) Journal

      I don't have time for that shit. It takes a lot of time and work to make bombs.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:03AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:03AM (#753431)

        Like everything else, you farm it out. You can always hire some depressed Arab teenager. He'll probably even deliver them personally..

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @08:12AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @08:12AM (#753573)

        Already reported to the proper authorities, with IP and Google location data. Go to ground, Runaway, before the violent imposition is inspecting your lower colon, and not for health reasons!

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 25 2018, @10:36AM (1 child)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday October 25 2018, @10:36AM (#753588) Homepage Journal

        No it doesn't. It's an exceedingly simple task for the type of folks who make up this community.

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        • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday October 25 2018, @07:37PM

          by bob_super (1357) on Thursday October 25 2018, @07:37PM (#753812)

          And it's getting easier now that bigger cell batteries are protected by fragile glass.
          Achieving the optimum phone collision speed to release all the stored energy was a lot harder with plastic and aluminium backs. Extra glass shards are a nice plus, too.