Legit WTF if true:
CNN reporting a piece of mail delivered to a Pentagon mail facility tested positive for ricin. That's not good.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 2, 2018
No. No it’s not.
— Big Stormy D (@BigStormyD) October 2, 2018
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Update:
Here’s CNN’s report:
JUST IN: Ricin detected in mail sent to the Pentagon https://t.co/tCnUmuODAb pic.twitter.com/RA1p5AjZdI
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 2, 2018
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Update:
A piece of mail delivered to the Pentagon mail facility has initially tested positive for ricin, two US defense officials tell @barbarastarrcnn @rabrowne75.
The mail facility is a separate building on the Pentagon grounds. The piece of mail never entered the Pentagon building.
— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) October 2, 2018
The FBI and Pentagon Law Enforcement are responding and further testing is expected to be done by the FBI, the officials said.
— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) October 2, 2018
UPDATE from @rabrowne75 @barbarastarrcnn :
There were TWO suspicious envelopes found in the Pentagon mail yesterday, initially tested positive for ricin, according to a US defense official.
All US Postal mail delivered to the Pentagon on Monday is now under quarantine.— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) October 2, 2018
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Update:
More from CNN natsec reporter Ryan Browne:
Pentagon: "On Monday, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency detected a suspicious substance during mail screening at the Pentagon's remote screening facility. The envelopes were taken by the FBI this morning for further analysis."
— Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75) October 2, 2018
And there’s this:
The two suspicious envelopes that initially tested positive for Ricin were addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and to Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, a defense official tells CNN https://t.co/wR9HXh8Sbf
— Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75) October 2, 2018
What the hell.
Holy crap. https://t.co/7WgrpJYGyA
— BT (@back_ttys) October 2, 2018
Holy crap is right.
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