They're off-target...
Posted on 10/23/2008 3:32:35 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
"White-powder" letters hit more banks and N.Y. Times
By Randall Mikkelsen Wed Oct 22, 6:19 pm ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven Chase bank branches in Phoenix and the New York Times headquarters in New York received envelopes containing a suspicious white powder on Wednesday as a wave of threatening U.S. mailings spread.
More than 45 threatening letters have been received since Monday at financial institutions in at least 11 states, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said. "Most of the letters contain a powder substance with a threatening communication," he said.
No harmful substances have yet been identified but more tests are being conducted at regional laboratories, he said.
U.S. authorities are always on the alert for such letters after incidents in 2001 in which envelopes laced with anthrax were sent to media outlets and U.S. lawmakers, killing five people and further rattling a nation shaken by the September 11 attacks.
Asked if the bank letters were sent by a single mailer, Kolko said, "there's certainly a common thread."
A Dallas-area office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation also received a suspicious letter, he said.
He said it was not clear whether the New York Times incident was related. Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis said police were called this morning after an employee on the 13th floor opened an envelope addressed to the paper.
"A white granular substance was in the envelope. The New York City police were called and are now on site investigating," she said in a statement, adding that part of the lobby was closed and no one had been sent to hospital.
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Apparently, situation is so far out of control that nearly one trillion dollars of bailout money are making little dent. When it comes to insanity, nobody tops bankers and financial whiz's.
It never occurred to me that salary cap would make such an uproar among bankers. What a revelation.
Ping!
“White-powder” letters hit more banks and N.Y. Times
Why New York Times? Liberals usually do this type of thing but they won’t do it to their friendly newspaper so that means that a Republican did it? I can’t believe that.
They're off-target...
If it was addressed to the editorial staff, it was probably their weekly recreational drug delivery.
Liberals are sooooooo use to getting their butts kissed they might judge the paper on how well - and often their butts are kissed rather than "if".
Maybe liberals are insulted that the New York Times has less than one half of one percent of their news staff that's conservative - and they feel that number is too high.
Or this is Alinsky style redirection - a fear that McCain is gaining and they have to gin up the VRWC fear. We'll know soon - the MSM takes their marching orders from the DNC... true colors and all...
When in doubt ask: Who has a longer history of violence - middle class working Republicans or Ayers and his Weathermen thugs?
That’s odd. Obama got one of those white powder letters last week and he said “what the heck” and snorted it.
Keep stealing from the American people and a little white powder will seem insignificant.
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