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30 Powder-Laced Letters Sent To Banks In Seven Cities Including Dallas
KRLD ^ | 10-21-08

Posted on 10/21/2008 2:08:04 PM PDT by Dysart

Federal authorities are investigating at least 30 letters containing suspicious powder that have been sent to banks in seven cities. The FBI said initial tests on the powder have come up negative for dangerous toxins. Additional tests are ongoing. A law enforcement official said Tuesday the letters were mailed from South Texas to Chase bank branches in or near Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Newark, New Jersey, Oklahoma City and Washington. Postal inspector JoJan Henderson says the letters appear to be related and appear to be from the same source.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banks; powder

1 posted on 10/21/2008 2:08:06 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: Dysart

Is Amway trying a new marketing scheme??? Free samples???

Oh wait, nothing is free...Only a business expense...dirnit!


2 posted on 10/21/2008 2:10:31 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
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To: Dysart

Anthrax again?


3 posted on 10/21/2008 2:12:17 PM PDT by Allegra (NO giving up, NO quitting, NO doom and gloom, NO drama queens...Keep up the faith)
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To: Dysart
An FBI spokesman in Oklahoma says the letters sent there indicated the threat was ``based on past actions of the bank.'

I thought they would contain a fake note from some supposed crazy right winger about Obama...that way the media could go on endlessly about Obama's victimhood.

4 posted on 10/21/2008 2:12:17 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: stevie_d_64

At least you don’t have to sit through a business opportunity meeting to get the goods.


5 posted on 10/21/2008 2:14:31 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: Allegra

Guessing Anthrax would be one of the first substances tested for, and all tests negative so far, so i assume not. Probably nothing.


6 posted on 10/21/2008 2:16:09 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: Dysart

Here we go again.... guess that poor guy who committed suicide can’t be blamed for this one.


7 posted on 10/21/2008 2:18:08 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Dysart

Probably the remains of someone’s investment accounts after the stock and bond markets tanked.


8 posted on 10/21/2008 2:18:34 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Dysart

A lone nutcase sending harmless powder(so far), in protest over the recent banking troubles, or a trial run using the aforementioned as an excuse?


9 posted on 10/21/2008 2:19:56 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: Paved Paradise
... guess that poor guy

You're referring to the sick, demented, POS that sent out the original anthrax letters?

10 posted on 10/21/2008 2:27:41 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: Dysart

The intended cities/targets alone tells me this is not the evil plans of a really intelligent person/s.

Not that I am ,but come on, I smell copycat.


11 posted on 10/21/2008 2:50:05 PM PDT by waterhill (An armed man has the means for independence)
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To: BluH2o

Well, since he was never tried or convicted, as far as I’m concerned, guilty to proven innocent (proven). Maybe he did it and maybe he didn’t. Sheesh. I guess you are omniscient?


12 posted on 10/21/2008 5:18:42 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: BluH2o

Oops. Thankfully, our laws are “innocent til proven guilty” and not as I said in my response to your post.

I know there was a lot of evidence against the guy but I reserve my opinion because the facts were not all found out in a trial.


13 posted on 10/21/2008 5:19:37 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Paved Paradise
I know there was a lot of evidence against the guy ...

Precisely ... and since he did the world (and the U.S. taxpayer) a tremendous favor by ofting himself ... especially after the FBI spent multi-millions dollars pursuing the wrong guy, then paid millions in compensatory damage to the falsely accused. The POS I referred to, and you defend, is all of that and much more ...

14 posted on 10/21/2008 5:29:55 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: BluH2o

I don’t hold the view that suicide is good, regardless, but as I said, no trial, so who really knows. I do think there was a lot of evidence and it did look like it was him but only God knows for sure now.


15 posted on 10/22/2008 3:28:20 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Dysart
They don't have to have toxins....just really, really bad germs that no antibiotic can cure.

Plague could get widespread if this power gets on all the money.

16 posted on 11/18/2008 2:36:49 PM PST by pray4liberty (Always vote for life!)
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