“Two people were hospitalized after being exposed to a “white powdery substance” that was addressed to Sen. Ted Cruz’s Houston campaign office, according to the Houston Police Department.”
Fortunately, “Tests later determined that the substance was negative for any hazardous substance, the Houston Fire Department said.”
I’m going to guess it’s completely different from any white powder Bobby Francis O’Rourke may have made use of in his punk rock days…
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) October 2, 2018
That was not the case of two suspicious envelopes sent to the Pentagon, which tested positive for ricin.
Neither got close to their targets, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Navy head Admiral John Richardson.
A third package was sent to President Donald Trump, but intercepted by the Secret Service. I think the official Secret Service policy frowns on assassination attempts against the President of the United States of America.
Remember: The previous perpetrators of ricin and anthrax letter attacks were never caught.
And now for an interlude from the Dead Kennedys:
Update: The FBI has made an arrest:
The FBI has arrested a former Navy sailor after a ricin scare when letters laced with a mysterious substance were sent to the Pentagon and other key locations around the nation’s capital Tuesday.
William Clyde Allen of Logan, Utah, is in custody under federal prosecutors’ authorization, ABC News reported Wednesday. A complaint against Allen could be filed in federal court as early as Friday, officials told ABC News.
The letters were addressed to President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson and GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s Houston campaign office. The substance on the letters was determined to be castor seeds, from which the toxic protein ricin is made, reported ABC News.
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