Posted on 12/16/2008 6:44:32 PM PST by freema
The package matched the description of 11 other suspicious packages found at military bases around the country since Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at news14.com ...
Well... consider the 'target'? It would be entirely different if the recipients were Democrat members of Congress or major News editors. Then they would wet their collective pants & blame Bush and Homeland Defense for not being more pro-active (after daily whacking them over civil liberties violations).
Let me make your link in post no. 14 clickable:
“No Dangerous Substances Found In Package At Utah National Guard Headquarters”
Last Update: 3:41 pm
Perp is testing the waters? And watching the results maybe?
OPINION-SPECULATION:
It’s a possibility.
Where’s the Rolling Stone cover bearing the Goraculous image?
Check out this website if you want to get info on what is going on everywhere. Crazy site, but you’ll like it.
http://ncc.globalincidentmap.com/home.php
[”. . .There are several signs that our mail personnel are trained to look at to make sure,” said Lt. Col. Rose Dunlap.]
The good news is we had alert mail clerks at 11 different facilities.
Thanks for the link!
At least it is nice to hear our military postal folks are trained to look for funny things inbound.
UPDATE:
December 18, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/suspiciouspackages121808.htm
FBI Addresses Unrelated Suspicious Mailings Received This Week
There have been two issues covered by the press this week concerning suspicious letters. These matters are not related. The first issue involves letters mailed from Texas to more than 40 different governors offices around the country and numerous U.S. Embassies overseas. Each of these envelopes contained a similar typewritten letter and a white powder substance. The powder was field tested at the site and then forwarded to a regional laboratory for further testing. To date, the testing on the powder has proven negative for any harmful substance. It will eventually be sent to the FBI Laboratory as evidence in the case. Even though the substance is harmless, this matter is still a federal crime and is being investigated by the FBIs Dallas Division and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
In a second, unrelated matter, several U.S. military facilities throughout the country have received envelopes containing a computer disk and other material. There has been no powder substance in these mailings to date. As part of the FBIs WMD protocol, agents in each field office interact with countless people in their communities to provide training on how to recognize suspicious mail and the proper notification procedures. In several instances involving the letters to the military bases, the FBI responded, examined the envelope, and determined there was no federal crime. The FBI does not investigate individuals who write letters expressing their opinions. As this action is protected under the First Amendment, the FBI is not investigating this matter.
Information on how to recognize suspicious mail or packages can be found on www.fbi.gov or www.uspis.gov.
Special Agent Richard Kolko
Chief, FBI National Press Office
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