Posted on 10/24/2018 1:05:31 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Suspected mail bombs sent to Clinton, Obama, CNN building and others intercepted
The Secret Service says "potential explosive devices" addressed to former President Barack Obama and ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been intercepted. New York police evacuate the Time Warner Center, in which news outlet CNN is located, to investigate an explosive device. The offices of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., are also evacuated after reports of suspicious packages.
Kevin Breuninger | @KevinWilliamB Published 6 Hours Ago Updated 34 Mins Ago CNBC.com
A police car is pictured in the driveway of the house of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, U.S., October 24, 2018. Mike Segar | Reuters A police car is pictured in the driveway of the house of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, U.S., October 24, 2018.
The Secret Service said Wednesday "potential explosive devices" addressed to former President Barack Obama and ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been intercepted, and New York police evacuated the Time Warner Center to investigate another suspicious package.
Media reports also said the office of Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida was evacuated after a suspicious package was found. And a spokeswoman for Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said her office was evacuated after "suspicious packages" were found "near the building." Suspicious packages sent to Obama, Clinton, CNN 2 Hours Ago | 01:15
Two days earlier, an explosive device was found at the home of politically active billionaire George Soros, a pariah to the right wing. Soros' home in Bedford, New York, is a few miles from the Clintons' residence.
NBC reported that the devices addressed to Obama, Clinton and Soros share a number of characteristics. The packaging in which they were sent was almost exactly the same, and they each had a RETURN ADDRESS belonging to a FORMER DEMOCRAT PARTY OFFICIAL, according to NBC. [ADDRESS OF Debbie Wasserman Schultz]
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that the Trump administration condemns the "terrorizing acts" against Obama, the Clintons and "other public figures."
"We condemn the attempted violent attacks recently made against President Obama, President Clinton, Secretary Clinton, and other public figures," Sanders said. "These terrorizing acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. The United States Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are investigating and will take all appropriate actions to protect anyone threatened by these cowards."
President Donald Trump said he agrees "wholeheartedly" with Vice President Mike Pence's statement condemning the "attempted attacks."
Trump tweet
Other influential Democrats are taking precautions on the heels of the reports. Kevin Mack, senior advisor for billionaire and potential Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, told CNBC "they have a security team sweeping through his offices and home as a precaution. They are doing their job to make everyone safe. We take everything seriously."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a press conference Wednesday that a suspicious device was sent to his Manhattan office, but law enforcement officials from the FBI, NYPD, Secret Service and New York State Troopers did not confirm the governor's remark. Explosive device found in George Soros' mailbox 2 Hours Ago | 00:56
Cuomo, a prominent Democrat and Trump critic, is currently running for reelection. A NYPD spokesman said later in the day that the package sent to CUOMO was NOT A BOMB, and was unrelated to the other devices, according to the Associated Press.
In a statement, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said that a "preliminary investigation on the package at Governor Cuomo's office shows it is computer files on the hate group, The Proud Boys, who recently appeared in New York."
Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said in a tweet that "nothing" sent to Clinton "got to any home."
The Secret Service said the package addressed to Obama was intercepted by agency personnel in Washington on Wednesday morning.
"The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such. Both packages were intercepted prior to being delivered to their intended location. The protectees did NOT RECEIVE NOR the packages NOR WERE AT RISK of receiving them," the agency said.
A short time later, NBC reported that New York police had been called to the Time Warner Center in midtown Manhattan to investigate another suspicious package.
NYPD News tweet
The headquarters of CNN, which is frequently criticized by Trump, are located in the Time Warner Center. In a memo sent to CNN employees, the news outlet's president, Jeff Zucker, said to "remain calm and patient."
CNN reported that the package found at the Time Warner Center was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan in care of CNN. Brennan, who served during the Obama administration, has become a virulent critic of Trump and has excoriated the president on television as a contributor to MSNBC, a sister news network to CNBC. Trump stripped him of his federal security clearance in August.
The Secret Service said that reports of a suspicious package addressed to the White House are "incorrect."
Later on Wednesday, Harris spokeswoman Lily Adams said in a tweet that the San Diego Police Department was investigating "suspicious packages" that led to an evacuation of the senator's office.
Lily Adams tweet
NBC, citing local police, reported that an ITEM in question was NOT ADDRESSED to Harris or her office, and was DETERMINED NOT OT BE A DEVICE of any kind.
Wasserman Schultz was the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee before running for Congress. She resigned that DNC position after her e-mails were hacked during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Soros' home in Bedford, New York, is a few miles from the Clintons' residence. Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said in a tweet that "nothing" sent to Clinton "got to any home."
New Castle Police Lt. James Carroll told CNBC his department has assisted the FBI and U.S. Secret Service in investigating the package sent to the nearby home of the Clintons. It was discovered Tuesday night.
In a tweet Wednesday morning, the New York branch of the FBI acknowledged the existence of the package sent to the Clintons, but said it would decline further comment on the ongoing investigation.
NYFBI tweet
A spokeswoman for Obama declined to comment and referred CNBC to the Secret Service. Clinton representatives did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for further comment.
Hillary Clinton is currently in Florida to attend a fundraising event, NBC reported. Bill Clinton was at the New York home.
Senior Republican lawmakers were quick to condemn the actions against their political opponents.
Someone with connections inside democrat party is preparing and sending the mailings or is a former ally with all the addresses
General agreement, but I don’t get your number 3.
I think the media will still find and blame a "right winger". But they will cry intimidation, the sending of fake bombs to scare people.
Tawana Brawley received one, too.
What’s clockboy been up to lately?
Wasn’t there a fire at Hillary’s place not terribly long ago? Maybe that’s ground zero for fake bomb making.
At least two of the fake bombs were hand delivered not mailed. Soros and Brennan.
Give these false flags a salute...
...with the middle finger.
The rest were mailed according to the very believable SS. Mail is not always canceled. There are only two ways to cancel, in a machine (impossible in this case). Or by hand, which is not always done on mail from a mailbox (unless it is fed into the machine).
Male or female delivery person ? Mail service or postal or neither/ none ?
Suspected. Yeah riiiight. Maxine Waters got the last one so for sure it is a plan by them. Oh they will get a white male wearing a t-shirt with a Dixie flag on it holding a AK and pistols and his hat will have ]MAGA on it. Oh his facebook page will be available w/o them shutting it down.
Check FineSwine’s office.
The cryin’ damn shame of this is after their antics trying to derail Kavanaugh, who doesn’t think they are completely capable of trying a false flag like this?
The only thing missing on these False Flag bombs is the ACME label and a picture of the Roadrunner standing in front of the CPUSA Progressive democrat label.
This is a leftist false flag operation run as an attempt to help democrats and damage republican chances in the November election.
If the perpetrator was someone who really wanted to injure democrats without harming republican election prospects he/she would have waited until after the election.
Democrats are desperate. This is nothing more than a democrat concocted October surprise. Intelligent people will see through this charade.
BOMB QUESTION:
If a FAKE BOMB is mailed to the FAKE NEWS,
then is SOROS & CNN,
still the ENEMY of the PEOPLE?
well,
is the Pope Leftist?
Fake drama, generated by the leftists themselves, to smear conservatives as violent.
Just exactly like the fat loon who sent her LGBT-self threatening emails a few days ago.
Breaking; Spartacus received a doru in the mail, complete with butt spike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_(spear)
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