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To: txflake
still waiting for more confirmation, CNN was saying it was ricin, but the first test is often a false positive.
5,036 posted on 02/02/2004 5:47:21 PM PST by oceanview
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To: oceanview
Wonder if it was in the same script as the letter to Daschle. I suppose CNN wishes it to be Ricin.
5,041 posted on 02/02/2004 5:52:43 PM PST by txhurl
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To: oceanview
Ricin in the Senate Office Building
      Posted by SLB
On 02/02/2004 6:03:21 PM PST with 2 comments


CNN Breaking | 2 Feb 04 | CNN
-- Preliminary field test on substance found in Senate office building indicates presence of biological agent ricin, Homeland Security official says.
     
 
Hazardous Substance Suspicious Powder Empties Some Offices at Senate Building
      Posted by pitinkie
On 02/02/2004 5:25:53 PM PST with 44 comments


abcnews.com ^ | 02/02/2004
Hazardous Substance Suspicious Powder Empties Some Offices at Senate Building Feb. 2— Some workers in a Senate office building were told to leave their offices today after preliminary testing indicated the presence of a hazardous substance. The U.S. Capitol Police said a suspicious powder substance was found at 3 p.m. in a room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, located northeast of the Capitol. A preliminary test found that the substance was hazardous, the police said. Around 7:20 p.m. a message on the Senate's internal telephone alert system instructed employees in several offices on the south side of the building's...

5,050 posted on 02/02/2004 6:08:42 PM PST by LayoutGuru2 (Hi Daleel, EOM and Andreas Whackered)
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