Silk Road Vendor Behind Ricin Laced letter sent to President Obama

[okaawhatever]

An individual suspected of sending a letter laced with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama earlier this year is, according to the Department of Homeland Security, a former vendor on Silk Road, the online black market shut down by federal authorities in October.

Ahead of a Senate committee on digital currency such as Bitcoin, DHS official Brian De Vallance sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs detailing the agency's efforts regarding virtual currency and its ties to criminal activity. In the letter, Vallance briefly mentions a link between Silk Road and the ricin-laced mail.

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As Mashable points out, two individuals have been accused of sending the president the poisoned letters: James Everett Dutschke and Shannon Guess Richardson. Dutschke was arrested after allegedly sending ricin-laced mail to Obama in April, while Richardson allegedly mailed the letters to the president in May. However, the DHS did not refer to the Silk Road-connected suspect by name

Letters from the Dept of Homeland Security shown on website for those interested.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/obama-ricin-silk-road_n_4298926.html

[mike_c]

1. awful, manipulative journalism...

...and I use the term lightly in this instance. Silk Road had nothing to do with ricin laced letters, yet the article is mostly about Silk Road, solidifying a bogus association with attempted presidential assassination. That is utterly manipulative.

In other news, Irish-American behind ricin laced letter sent to President Obama, i.e. all Irish-Americans are likewise implicated by association.

I'm guessing this is part of the ongoing law enforcement demonization campaign against TOR.