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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRicin letter -- arrest made per CNN.
No link.
Man arrested was resident of Tupelo, MS.
Still no link to CNN -- I guess they're a little gun-shy after this afternoon.
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Ricin letter -- arrest made per CNN. (Original Post)
Hell Hath No Fury
Apr 2013
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Kenneth Curtis from Tupelo Mississippi..apparently he writes lots of angry letters to congresspeople
Electric Monk
Apr 2013
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Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. Kenneth Curtis from Tupelo Mississippi..apparently he writes lots of angry letters to congresspeople
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014457571
Source: NBC
Federal agents on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the mailing of letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator that initially tested positive for the poison ricin. The suspect was identified as Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Miss., federal officials told NBC News.
Both letters carried an identical closing statement, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by NBC News on Wednesday. According to the FBI bulletin, both letters, postmarked April 8, 2013 out of Memphis, Tenn., included an identical phrase, "to see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance."
In addition, both letters are signed: "I am KC and I approve this message." The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility and was being tested further, the FBI said. A federal law enforcement official said that the letter was very similar to one addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
Two federal officials said late Wednesday that an initial laboratory test on the material in the letters was inconclusive. The test shows some level of ricin, they said, but the potency is uncertain. They cannot tell whether the material is actually harmful or not. So more tests have been ordered.
Read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17794663-feds-arrest-suspect-in-ricin-positive-letters-sent-to-obama-senator?lite
Source: NBC
Federal agents on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the mailing of letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator that initially tested positive for the poison ricin. The suspect was identified as Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Miss., federal officials told NBC News.
Both letters carried an identical closing statement, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by NBC News on Wednesday. According to the FBI bulletin, both letters, postmarked April 8, 2013 out of Memphis, Tenn., included an identical phrase, "to see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance."
In addition, both letters are signed: "I am KC and I approve this message." The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility and was being tested further, the FBI said. A federal law enforcement official said that the letter was very similar to one addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
Two federal officials said late Wednesday that an initial laboratory test on the material in the letters was inconclusive. The test shows some level of ricin, they said, but the potency is uncertain. They cannot tell whether the material is actually harmful or not. So more tests have been ordered.
Read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17794663-feds-arrest-suspect-in-ricin-positive-letters-sent-to-obama-senator?lite
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)2. And....
Reports: Officials say arrest made in the mailing of letters that initially tested positive for ricin - @NBCNews, @CBSNews
https://twitter.com/BreakingNews/status/324665276840955906
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)3. Well, well...good
Marr
(20,317 posts)4. Or possibly, not!
Definitely one or the other. Our crack news team is on it now.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)5. I started to post -
"take with a grain of salt", considering the source.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)6. Based on a tip posted on DU, they arrested...
... the entire Tea Party.
GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)7. Elvis?
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)8. I'm sure he's "dark-skinned", right?
If he's Caucasian, he's either a "lone wolf" or has a "mental illness".
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)9. Great Train Robbery Solved. Arrests made per CNN!