House Republicans getting strange email threats—and they're coming from inside the building

[kpete]

Yeah, looks like things can always get crazier:

A group of House Republicans has received a mysterious threat in recent weeks: an anonymous email that promises political retribution for those who for vote yes to a debt-limit increase — sent to their closely guarded personal email addresses.

Because of the near-secret nature of lawmakers’ internal email addresses, the emails have raised more than a few eyebrows — and the possibility that one of their own was behind, or at least assisting in the attacks.

(That would be the debt limit increase that just passed.) All right, so it has to be someone who has access to the list of personal member emails, or was given access to it, and it has to be someone who, well ...

“It’s got to be another member. Probably one of the crazy ones,” said a Republican who had seen the email, which was sent from an anonymous email address, [e-mail].

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[Motown_Johnny]

1. "Probably one of the crazy ones" Well that narrows it down..

..to what? 200?

[Vox Moi]

2. They should have enclosed anthrax.

It sure helped with The Patriot Act ….

[Baitball Blogger]

3. "Probably one of the crazy ones,”

That doesn't narrow it down much, does it?

[awoke_in_2003]

5. Glad I scrolled down

that was my first thought.

[TheOther95Percent]

9. I had the same thought.

Probably only gets it down to about 200 potential suspects.

[11 Bravo]

4. Sounds like an old horror flick, "The call is coming from INSIDE the house!"

[octoberlib]

7. +1

I remember that movie. Stranger in the House. It was about a babysitter. I was in middle school and babysitting a lot at the time . That movie spooked me for years.

[octoberlib]

6. Gawd!

They're so nuts , I can't do anything but laugh anymore.

[Jefferson23]

8. We have the best spying apparatus around, so use the damn thing and reveal. n/t

K&R

[BrotherIvan]

10. There you go.

Brilliant. A great "test" as it were if this is anything other than sucking up info for corps.

[Jefferson23]

12. Yep, and I believe they should already be in the " know ", according to the NSA track record. n/t

[CJCRANE]

11. What if...the person who sent it

also sent it to himself!

That would be the perfect RWer tactic to misdirect suspicion!

[RainDog]

13. ...