FBI, State Investigate More than 100 Suspicious Packages and Letters With White Powder Sent to Kansas Officials
To date, authorities say the powder has not been found to be harmful, but further tests are being conducted.
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Secret Service Joins Probe of White Powder Scare Involving Trump Jr.’s Wife
The Secret Service has launched an investigation into an unidentified white powder that Venessa Tump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr., came into contact with while opening a piece of mail.
Defense: FBI’s Tests On Ricin Were Unreliable, Shouldn’t be Allowed in Court
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Ohio man charged with creating the deadly toxin ricin is arguing that the FBI’s tests on the white powder found in his home were faulty, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The defense team for Jeff Boyd Levenderis, 65, argued during an evidentiary hearing Tuesday that the FBI’s findings were unreliable and…
Mich. Sen. Office Receives Letter with White Powder
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI announced on Monday that US Senator Carl Levin’s downtown Detroit office was evacuated after an employee came across a letter filled with a “suspicious white powder,” reports the Detroit News. The powder was later determined to be harmless. Levin’s office, located in the McNamara Federal Building, has since been…
FBI: Israeli Consulates Targeted with (Harmless) White Powder Letters
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A series of “suspicious letters” with white powder have been turning up at several Israeli consulates over the past few days, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “There’s a lot of white powder letters that are going to Israeli consulates around the country,” Chris Allen of the FBI said late Tuesday. “There…
FBI Probes Threatening White Powder Letter Sent to Talk Show Host Craig Ferguson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More often than not politicians have been the beneficiary of mysterious letters with white powder. This time it was the flip late night talk show host Craig Ferguson who got one of those letters. The Associated Press reports that the FBI is working with police to determine who sent a threatening…
The White Powder We Fear: Packages Shut Down Alaska Congressional Offices in Fairbanks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The anthrax attacks of 2001 have left the U.S. with a collective paranoia about white powder and mail. The latest: Authorities temporarily shut the offices of three Alaska Congressional members on Monday after their Fairbanks offices received suspicious packages with white powder, Reuters news service reported. It ended up being harmless….
White Powder Letters Sent to FBI, U.S. Atty and IRS Offices Out West
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The old white powder in the envelope trick continues to scare people and disrupt work places even though none have ever proved dangerous since the 2001 attacks that killed five people and sickened 17. The latest: White powder envelopes, that were later found to be harmless, were discovered Monday in eight…
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