Suspicious Package (Stuffed Animal?) Outside Senate Buildings Causes Evacuation

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 | Kristinn

[cake_crumb]

Tours have been cancelled.

[kristinn]

Thanks. Still not well, but not as bad. This morning I heard the news reporting tours were cancelled.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the ping !

[Sunshine55]

This sucks...ricin at a mail facility, and social security check day is today. Those little windows in those envelopes aren't sealed.

[dansangel]

ping

[kristinn]

Brett Baer reporting from the Pentagon. Three tests at the Naval Medical Research Center at Silver Spring, Md. confirm ricin.

Continuing testing for biological agents. Mentioned Iraq was reported to have been seeking ways to combine ricin with biological agents.

[cake_crumb]

Iraq was the first thing I thought of on hearing this was ricen.

[Constantine XIII]

But what about militant islamic truck drivers?! *tinfoil activated* :P

[1Old Pro]

How can this be ?? Kerry said the fear of terrorist attacks are way overblown.

[CJ Wolf]

did you used to live in the DC area?

[prairiebreeze]

Nope, just aware of the possibility of cross-contamintion. At that point who knew that the post offices involved were confined to the east coast? I figured that if an envelope could be mailed there, another one could be mailed anywhere and the stuff spread before it was detected.

Prairie

[Denver Ditdat]

But what about militant islamic truck drivers?! *tinfoil activated* :P

Hey, weren't a bunch of "Middle eastrn types" enrolled in over-the-road trucking courses before 9/11? Pass that roll of Reynolds Wrap, brother! ;-)

[CJ Wolf]

ok, thought you might be someone I know who moved out that way. He did the same thing.

[prairiebreeze]

Sounds like the Capital Hill police have asked for the military to get involved in helping them. Pentagon is confirming the military will become involved.

Prairie