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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: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:28PM
Well I hate Trump and I doubt this is a ploy to get sympathy for liberal candidates. We can draft our theories now and wait and see which ones make sense as further information is released.
I promise you that every federal employee who saw those bombs recognized right away that they were intended to be found. Also I've heard zero about what appears to be a sticker with a face and the ISIS flag. The FBI is aware that someone wanted to put a narrative in the press and they're actively suppressing that narrative. If they were indeed intended to go off (of course not) why bother putting stickers on them? Why hasn't ISIS claimed anything? It is their policy to take full responsibility for anything even barely related. Maybe these have been sent out because ISIS has barely had any press coverage in ages, I'm sure that's hurt their recruiting efforts. But then why democrats?
Perhaps it is some left wing nutbag that thinks this will help draw up sympathy for democrats. It does work nicely to explain why everything is so shoddy and the excessively transparent efforts to get the packages noticed.
Also I find it interesting that the bombs were so crudely made but that electrical tape is stretched like it was applied by a pro and even though the construction is shoddy and amateurish the bomb maker just happened to have a spool of red and a spool of black wire that they used correctly to identify polarity??? Why?? Crude ignition sources, model rocket igniters, busted light bulbs and match heads, etc... none of them care which side is negative and which is positive.
It will be interesting to see what's really going on as more details are provided. Were the bombs just intended to be easy to find? Did whoever made them want to make it obvious to some people that they were to be intercepted?
Well like I said brew your pet conspiracy theories now and see how many of them are left standing as the facts come out.