Bush announces Daschle received Anthrax letter

Reuters, via AP ^ | 15 October 2001 | Reuters

[YaYa123]

Stop deleting this report...it is valid!

"WASHINGTON (AP) - A letter opened in the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle ``had anthrax in it,'' President Bush (news - web sites) said Monday.

Bush said the envelope was field-tested shortly after being received, and the staffers who have been exposed are being treated.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Bush said ``there may be some possible link'' between Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and a recent flurry of anthrax-related developments.

``I wouldn't put it past him but we don't have any hard evidence,'' he said of the man suspected as the leader behind Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington that killed thousands.

A spokesman for Daschle said the suspicious package was received at the majority leader's office in a Senate office building across the street from the Capitol.

Separately, one source said that when it was opened, a powdery white substance fell out. Capitol Police were summoned, the office sealed, and the workers immediately given a text for anthrax exposure. There was no immediate word on the results of those tests.

But Bush, in responding to a reporter's question, said he had just talked with Daschle. ``His office received a letter and it had anthrax in it. The letter was field-tested. And the staffers that have been exposed are being treated.''

The president made his comments after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the latest in a steady stream of foreign leaders to visit Washington in the wake of the terrorist attacks."

[rintense]

I agree. I may not like the man's politics, but I certainly would never wish him ill-will.

[Sidebar Moderator]

"One of the primary functions of this website has traditionally been to expose and comment upon the leftist spin that the media puts on topics. When different articles about the same subject are deleted, we are unable to continue that mission."

Agreed. Please remember, mistakes can sometimes happen. When we see that, we correct it, as in the Daschle threads. I can not answer all the questions here, because there are several of us including Jim and John who have the ability to pull posts. I can only answer for the ones I know about.

[lavaroise]

Time for congress to adjourn instead of sucking up security resources by politicking while we are under attack. This liberal bull has got to stop.

Can you say the UNANTHRAXER?

[George W. Bush]

Senator Clinton's office refused to comment and would not confirm her whereabouts at the time the anthrax letter was mailed.

[cynicom]

I find this thread pulling as asinine. Bandwidth is one thing, pulling for any other reason is submitting someone elses opinion. Penis in a bottle, was allowed to run for days on end with hundreds of posts, no adverse opinions pulled that one. Duplicate posts die of their own accord.

[lil'bit]

A spokesman for Daschle said the suspicious

package

was received at the majority leader's office in a Senate office building across the street from the Capitol.

Does a package qualify as a letter, or does this look like they've changed the type of packaging now?

[AppyPappy]

Many of them were unsourced accounts. I saw a bunch of those. At the same time, someone was posting them with sources.

[lavaroise]

Is there anyway to merge threads... of course I know you guys are doing a great job and Freerepublic rocks for me! So thank you all for the great job.

[blam]

The 'in' thing now will be to have received an anthrax letter. Ha.... (Did you get 'your' letter yet?)

[dead]

Hey are you guys related?

Anyway, I know you guys have a difficult job. I'll try not to bitch too much.

[Pete]

I find this thread pulling as asinine. Bandwidth is one thing, pulling for any other reason is submitting someone elses opinion. Penis in a bottle, was allowed to run for days on end with hundreds of posts, no adverse opinions pulled that one. Duplicate posts die of their own accord.

That's how it used to be in the good ol' days - worked fine if you ask me.

[aristeides]

How can you check to see if an article has been posted if the title search doesn't work?

[lavaroise]

I think once our congress people are going to get sick, something will start to be done about terrorism. It's no more Vietnam war where we can allow the sacrifice of 2 million south vietnamese for the sake of political appeasement of wacko peace nicks. Ground Zero is in DC.

Hey Hey DC, time to ship muslims and liberals out!

[B Knotts]

It seems like there's a bunch of moderators around here with too much time on their hands.

I believe you are correct. I also concur with your other comments; yes, they should delete duplicates of the same article, but not of different articles on the same subject.

I would have thought that the people selected to be moderators would know this, but apparently, that's not the case.

[Sidebar Moderator]

dead, Your thread is being investigated.

All:
If anyone ever wants to know the reasoning behind why a thread is pulled, please ask. We can not always send a freep mail at that time, but we do keep records that can be researched.

[Dems_R_Losers]

CNN just reported that the letter was postmarked from Trenton, NJ - same place as the one sent to Brokaw.

[NittanyLion]

I have no idea whether this is possible or not, but this is what I'd love to see:

When there are duplicate posts, the duplicates are closed to new comments. The final comment is a link to the active thread, allowing posters to move to the discussion. After a few minutes the inactive threads are automatically deleted. (I think most confusion is generated when posters can't locate the active thread.)

[Let's Roll]

It is gonna be interesting to watch all these mugged liberals (media, politicians), who've made their careers on villifying and gutting the military, have an epiphany. Sorry, if it offends any of you all, but the chickens are coming home and it couldn't happen to nicer people.

[aristeides]

So the terror cells would appear to be still active. I wonder when and where this was postmarked.

I wonder if the congressional Dems will now agree to a declaration of war.

[Let's Roll]

It is gonna be interesting to watch all these mugged liberals (media, politicians), who've made their careers on villifying and gutting the military, have an epiphany. Sorry, if it offends any of you all, but the chickens are coming home and it couldn't happen to nicer people.