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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: 2) by insanumingenium on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:57PM (6 children)

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:57PM (#753358) Journal
    Except the ISIS flag isn't higher in the middle like that. Compare that image with the version on wikipedia [wikipedia.org].

    Now, I am no expert on Daesh/ISIL/ISIS/IS/Whatever, but they look clearly different to me. Barring someone having better information than I have about that flag being genuine, I am going to go out on a limb and call it an obvious fake.
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  • (Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:55AM (5 children)

    by arslan (3462) on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:55AM (#753423)

    Uhh... looks like a cut out patch or just a patch with the symbol similar to the flag... of course its not a full flag.. the size wouldn't match.. no idea if it is fake or not or daesh or not.

    • (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Thursday October 25 2018, @02:21AM (4 children)

      by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 25 2018, @02:21AM (#753475) Journal

      It appears to be an ISIS joke logo, not the actual ISIS logo.

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqTiJluVsAI1mIm.jpg [twimg.com]

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @07:28AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @07:28AM (#753560)

        Pamela is a joke Israeli. The same way that Runaway is a Joke American, and Trump is a Joke precedent.

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:56PM

        by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:56PM (#753738) Homepage Journal

        Absolutely. People were saying, "oh, ISIS Flag sticker!" But now they're saying, it's the 3 chicks and their Dildos. And, ISIS didn't do the Proclamation. They love to proclaim, "oh, look what we did, haha!" Even when it's just, somebody loves ISIS, big fan of ISIS, but never went to the classes. The training. No Proclamation this time. Meaning, ISIS didn't do this one. Because they're VERY WEAK!!!! #WINNING [twitter.com]

      • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday October 25 2018, @05:04PM (1 child)

        by Sulla (5173) on Thursday October 25 2018, @05:04PM (#753739) Journal

        Literally a false (ISIS) flag

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