Early tests show deadly ricin in Senate mailroom

CNN.com ^ | 2/4/04 | N/A

[swilhelm73]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Preliminary tests on a white, powdery substance found in the mailroom of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist indicate the presence of the deadly substance ricin, a Homeland Security official said Monday.

A U.S. Capitol police spokeswoman said the department is investigating the matter but would not comment on the substance found, saying only that preliminary tests were positive for a "hazardous substance."

[swilhelm73]

Must be those rightwing anthrax mailers again...right?

[Mo1]

Has it been reported who found it and if that person is ok??

[Straight Vermonter]

Must be the stuff is safe since EVERY preliminary test of chemical weapons seems to be wrong.

[demlosers]

The substance that tested positive for ricin was found in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, shown here

[Free Vulcan]

Keep Bubba away from it, he'll try to snort it.

Oh wait, never mind.

[DallasMike]

This is Bush's fault. Texas is a major producer of rice.

[RaceBannon]

major bump

[sam_paine]

That does it. Bush should fire Condoleeza.

Ricin. Rice out.

[Sorry. Couldn't resist.]

[hole_n_one]

[Guillermo]

Obviously the work of a white male, NRA member, angry loner.

[Salamander]

You forgot to add "ex-military disgruntled Christian psycho".
Chief Moose would be ashamed of you......;)

[Dubya]

heads up bump

[Palladin]

Where is that tubby Hatfill guy these days?

[dc-zoo]

Kind of ironic that our intel can't find WMD in iraq then some of it suddenly ends up in the senate mailroom.

[myprecious]

Must be looking for a white panel truck or van.</sarcasm>

[goodnesswins]

I guess the Iraqi's are sending the WMD's to Washington, DC...

[Peace will be here soon]

Obviously the work of a white male, NRA member, angry loner.

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Driving a white Astro Van.

[festus]

Has Kerry announced that the terrorist threat is exaggerated again yet ? ;-)

[jwalsh07]

Terrorist caught in Britain with Ricin

Iraq was weaponising Ricin according to David Kay.

The nexus is that terrorists like to use ricin, Iraq likes to weaponise it and John Kerry says that the risk from terrorism is overblown.

[Williams]

I can't believe what just happened. Bill Frist and the head of the Capitol Hill Police are giving a live news conference. Looks like it is Ricin, has tested positive 4 of 5 tests so far. Fox News leaves the live briefing and goes back to a Bill O'Reilly show replay after 5 minutes!!! are they out of their minds?? What the hell else is a 24 hour news channel for? CNN leaves the conference too, but at least their wimpy newspeople kept talking about the story.