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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: 4, Funny) by insanumingenium on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:47PM (4 children)

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:47PM (#753354) Journal

    The irony of the day is officially an AC bitching about registering in order to spam memes.

    AC, you didn't create an account and still get to waste our time. Why is it more heinous if you create an account to do it with?

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by crafoo on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:04PM

    by crafoo (6639) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:04PM (#753363)

    logic hard. orange man bad. grrrrr.

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:14PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:14PM (#753370) Homepage Journal

    You should know better by now than to try logic on idiots. It almost never works.

    --
    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
    • (Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:31PM (1 child)

      by insanumingenium (4824) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:31PM (#753380) Journal

      If anything I was enjoying my first real belly laugh of the day, and wanted to make sure the kids in the back of the class got to enjoy it too.

      Don't worry, I won't read too much into the fact that you are trying to apply logic to me despite your own advice.