Letter sent to Senator laced with ricin

[eddie]

A letter sent to Sen. Wicker was intercepted in Washington DC, that tested positive for ricin.

What the heck is going on?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/tainted-letter-intercepted/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Tchocky]

Good news just pouring across the pond this week :-?

[Platapus]

What these morons don't understand is that all the mail is checked at a separately secured checking facility. This means that some low level employee will be most likely exposed and not the target. :nope:

[Oberon]

So soon after Boston one does have to wonder...

Wicker was one of the Republicans who voted to approve the debate on the Democrat gun bill, IIRC, although I think he is against any gun control law, so how much that factors into it is another matter.

[August]

So soon after Boston one does have to wonder...

Wicker was one of the Republicans who voted to approve the debate on the Democrat gun bill, IIRC, although I think he is against any gun control law, so how much that factors into it is another matter.

I don't think I like your implication Oberon. There are what another dozen republicans who also voted to approve debate. Did they get ricin in the mail too?

[Platapus]

So soon after Boston one does have to wonder...




One also has to recognize the chance of coincidence. Not everything is a coordinated conspiracy.

Simply because incident B follows incident A does not mean that B is related to A.

[Oberon]

I don't think I like your implication Oberon. There are what another dozen republicans who also voted to approve debate. Did they get ricin in the mail too?

I don't know, like I said, he's also against any gun law, so it could be something, it could be nothing. If any other senators do get ricin parcels then perhaps a pattern will emerge, but until then it's idle guesswork on my behalf. I can't see anything on Wikipedia that would single him out as a priority target by an Islamic militant, although I must concede it could just be random, perhaps a hope that his mail wouldn't be checked as throughly as the head of the Senate? Again, idle guesswork, it could equally be a nutjob of either political demographic.
Or maybe SecDef holds grudges? :O::haha:

One also has to recognize the chance of coincidence. Not everything is a coordinated conspiracy.

Simply because incident B follows incident A does not mean that B is related to A.

True, this is true.

[August]

I don't know, like I said, he's also against any gun law, so it could be something, it could be nothing. If any other senators do get ricin parcels then perhaps a pattern will emerge, but until then it's idle guesswork on my behalf. I can't see anything on Wikipedia that would single him out as a priority target by an Islamic militant, although I must concede it could just be random, perhaps a hope that his mail wouldn't be checked as throughly as the head of the Senate? Again, idle guesswork, it could equally be a nutjob of either political demographic.
Or maybe SecDef holds grudges? :O::haha:


Well speaking of idle guesswork my personal guess is nazis.

They have been knocking off prosecutors lately, they have a history of using bombs and they would love to get the country into a civil war.

[Platapus]

Perhaps there is something in his background that made him a target?

Wicker committees

Wicker serves as Deputy Whip and is a member of the Armed Services Committee; the Budget Committee; the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; the Environment and Public Works Committee; and the Joint Economic Committee.


A list of legislation he has recently sponsored is listed

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@OD1%28Sen+Wicker,+Roger%29

Nothing in his legislation that is especially controversial.

He does not have a very good record of sponsoring legislation that becomes law. Last three Congresses 0.0% of his bills became law

According to Opencongress.org he votes with the party 88% of the time. Nothing special there either.

Does not look like there is anything especially "target worthy" in his Senatorial duties.

Could always be a personal issue. Never know about them senators. :yep:

[nikimcbee]

would love to get the country into a civil war.

:woot:Sweet, cuz I got uniforms for both sides. I'm totally ready.:dead:

[Oberon]

Well speaking of idle guesswork my personal guess is nazis.

They have been knocking off prosecutors lately, they have a history of using bombs and they would love to get the country into a civil war.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3428596224/hD2CD3215/

[19Herr_Rapp86]

Don't forget 9/11. The anthrax letters. Those were completely unrelated to the events of 9/11.

[soopaman2]

Well speaking of idle guesswork my personal guess is nazis.

They have been knocking off prosecutors lately, they have a history of using bombs and they would love to get the country into a civil war.


Alot of American Nazis idolize a book called the Turner Diaries.

It is an interesting read, not so well written, but a decent plot. Pretty much the efforts to start a race war, to overthrow the oppressive blacks, who persecuted them (alot of blacks searched their houses, and worked as thugs for the government) Really paranoid crap, funny as hell at times, but not a bad read IMHO.

Your theory is a possibility, just based on how this book is idolized by such people.

[mookiemookie]

This has not been a good week to be a human being. :nope:

[Wolferz]

It seems that evolution is in full reverse and the Neanderthals are attempting a come back.
Knuckle dragging twits!:down:

[razark]

...Turner Diaries.

It is an interesting read, not so well written, but a decent plot. Pretty much the efforts to start a race war, to overthrow the oppressive blacks, who persecuted them (alot of blacks searched their houses, and worked as thugs for the government)
If I remember correctly, it also started with a government attempt to seize guns.

[TLAM Strike]

If I remember correctly, it also started with a government attempt to seize guns.
Yea and ends with a man about to fly a plane in to the Pentagon. :shifty:

[Stealhead]

:woot:Sweet, cuz I got uniforms for both sides. I'm totally ready.:dead:


What happens when they ask you to perform the double secret probation Nazi salute? Could be a trick.... maybe there is no double secret probation salute that would be the point where you create a clever distraction and make your escape.

[nikimcbee]

What happens when they ask you to perform the double secret probation Nazi salute? Could be a trick.... maybe there is no double secret probation salute that would be the point where you create a clever distraction and make your escape.

Not a nazi uniform:down:. Blue and Gray.

[soopaman2]

Looks like President Obama got one too.
Same sender as the Wicker letter of course.


Both were signed, "I am KC and I approve this message."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/17/envelope-containing-ricin-sent-to-sen-wicker-lawmakers-say/#ixzz2QjcpicGZ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/17/envelope-containing-ricin-sent-to-sen-wicker-lawmakers-say/#ixzz2QjcpicGZ)

[Skybird]

Nazis, anyone?

They are also my top bet for the Boston assault.

[Tribesman]

Not a nazi uniform:down:. Blue and Gray.
This is the internets, eventually one or both of them will have to be labeled as nazi.:yep:

[Stealhead]

Not a nazi uniform:down:. Blue and Gray.


Ah I thought you where talking about WWII uniforms.I know a guy that makes replicas for reenactors mainly American and German uniforms.

[Armistead]

Course, they'll say no connection, but hard to believe all this isn't connected. Still sounds like a domestic nut case.

[Jimbuna]

Didn't Obama get sent one? :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Didn't Obama get sent one? :hmmm:

Put your glasses on Jim, #20 :03:

[Stealhead]

Put your glasses on Jim, #20 :03:

Maybe Jimbuna was reading from the 160 or 20 filed of view.:sunny:


http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q527/datsun260zyojimbo/Stereoscopic_Field_of_View_zpsa198f9bf.jpg (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/datsun260zyojimbo/media/Stereoscopic_Field_of_View_zpsa198f9bf.jpg.html)

[eddie]

A suspect has been arrested for sending the letters.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17794663-feds-arrest-suspect-in-ricin-positive-letters-sent-to-obama-senator?lite

[AndyJWest]

Business Insider: "Guy With Same Name As Ricin Letter Suspect Wrote Long Screeds About An Illegal Marketplace In Human Body Parts" http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-kevin-curtis-2013-4#ixzz2Qm6PTQKM

[Jimbuna]

Put your glasses on Jim, #20 :03:

Maybe Jimbuna was reading from the 160 or 20 filed of view.:sunny:





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[Platapus]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/23/us/ricin-suspect-released/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

If he is truly innocent, than I am glad the system worked and he was released.

[nikimcbee]

Ah I thought you where talking about WWII uniforms.I know a guy that makes replicas for reenactors mainly American and German uniforms.

WW2 German reenactor uniforms are waaaaaaaaay too expensive.:dead:

All of the ww2 reeanctors that I know are weirdos anyway.:doh: