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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.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by The Shire on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:06PM (4 children)
If you want to conjecture about who might do this you first have to consider what would motivate them. Conservatives are surging at the polls, Trumps rallies are getting tremendous publicity, the meme "Jobs not Mobs" is pissing off the left something fierce. Meanwhile the "October Surprise" caravan is generating terrible press for the dems. Now consider that many of these "bombs" were sent to people who are political non players in the upcoming elections and that not one of them was an actual bomb - they were never designed to hurt anyone, just generate publicity. Nor did any of these packages ever get anywhere near their "targets".
So add that all together and decide how that narrows the field of who might do such a thing. Could it be a false flag op from the left? Could it be a foreign entity looking to take advantage of the current divisions and sow chaos? Could it be "October Surprise Plan B" since the caravan as Plan A was failing so badly? Could it be CNN whose ratings are tanking badly just to generate advertising clicks? Who has the track record of calling for violence against the other party - Pelosi/Schummer or Trump? Seems pretty obvious now doesn't it.
My guess is we'll never know, but to me at least it seems pretty crazy to think anyone on the right would do this given the latest polls and the tangible desperation of the left.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by VLM on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:13PM (1 child)
I have no real complaint with your post other than to extend another proposed idea that the "Russian's hacked Trumps election" narrative seems to be going down in flames and they need a new anti-Trump conspiracy theory.
Soros's kid already got an essay in some dying legacy newspaper no one reads essentially blaming Trump and the White House for being the return address of all these false flag bombs.
Basically "Russia hacked the elections" is a dead leftist meme and they need a new meme which is certain to be "Trump bombed all the lefties"
And its gonna take years to "investigate" full of negative PR for Trump and in the end nothing will be discovered because the whole thing is made up "emperors new clothes" BS.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:43PM
Russian trolls are real my russian friend.
(Score: 2) by crafoo on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:22PM (1 child)
I can't wait for the 2 years of CNN "investigative journalism" of the FBI investigating their own political bomb props.
Sorry guys, you haven't tanked IQ in the western hemisphere quite enough yet for people to believe this bullshit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:56AM
And if it turns out to be a jaded liberal sending the bombs? Then you'll switch stories immediately and point the finger. Is there any part of you conservatives that isn't full of shit?
You also tossed in a nice eugenics talking point, smooth. 97.3% chance you're a friend to neo-nazi white supremacist trash, 59.8% chance you're the reincarnation of Hitler.