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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:27PM (2 children)
The targets are all people who conspired to keep Bernie from getting the nomination.
Note that it was also a Bernie bro who shot up the congressional baseball game, seriously wounding Scalise. The sort of people who believe Bernie's message are not the most logical and sane.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:24AM
Or possibly the people who believe Bernie's message are the most discouraged and have given up on normal political processes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:53AM
Yeah because there are zero instances of countries successfully implementing single payer healthcare and election / campaign reform. #MoronsAt46.1%