Envelope Tests Positive for Ricin at Washington Mail Facility
April 17th, 2013Update: Secret Service: Ricin-Laced Letter to Obama Has Been Found
Via: CNN:
An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol’s off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was told the letter was addressed to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. A laboratory in Maryland confirmed the presence of ricin after an initial field tests indicated the poison was present, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer said.
The letter had a Memphis, Tennessee, postmark and no return address, Gainer wrote in an e-mail to senators and aides.
Sen. Claire McCaskill told reporters after a briefing for lawmakers that a suspect has already been identified in the incident, but a knowledgeable source said no one was in custody Tuesday night.
First, why is there no mention of what was INSIDE the envelope? Was there a letter? What did it say?
Second, how much ricin was on the envelope? It’s not a powder, it’s a liquid when administered as a killing agent.
Maybe the guy who sent it grows castor beans for Castrol.
The timing is wrong. The dosage is questionable. The administration method is wrong.
I smell bullshit.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_oil_plant
Commonly used for many purposes including an ornamental or shade plant.
The ricin suspect. An Elvis impersonator & anti-tissue/organ-trafficking activist:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/17/police-id-suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-ricin-letters/