Letter sent to Senator laced with ricin

eddie · 04-16-13, 05:59 PM

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/tai...html?hpt=hp_t1

Tchocky · 04-16-13, 06:12 PM

Good news just pouring across the pond this week

Platapus · 04-16-13, 06:17 PM

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.

Oberon · 04-16-13, 06:34 PM

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 · 04-16-13, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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?

Oberon · 04-16-13, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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?

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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.

Platapus · 04-16-13, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

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.

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eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Letter sent to Senator laced with ricin 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/tai...html?hpt=hp_t1

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04-16-13, 06:34 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	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.