WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A White House spokesman said on Monday that anthrax -tainted mail may have been taken to the U.S. State Department from a mailroom across the street.
"My understanding is that it involved mail that was received at a remote facility across the street ... from the State Department that was brought into the State Department, into the mailrooms of the State Department," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters.
The spokesman said the U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president, was aware of the possibility before U.S. President George W. Bush traveled to the State Department to make a speech on Monday morning.
"It did not pose any problem for the president or his traveling party," Fleischer said at a daily briefing, referring reporters to the State Department for more information.