Suspicious Letter Found At Brentwood Post Office (threat to Kerry)

[Boomer]

http://www.nbc4.com/news/3621409/detail.html

Suspicious Letter Found At Brentwood Post Office
White Powder Sent For Analysis

WASHINGTON -- A letter addressed to presidential candidate John Kerry was discovered leaking white powder during processing at the Brentwood post office in Northeast.

The letter was discovered Wednesday but authorities said they had minimal health and safety concerns. That's because all mail that comes into the Brentwood post office, which has been renamed in honor of two employees who died of anthrax, is irradiated to kill anthrax.

News4's Jackie Bensen reported that the circumstances under which the letter came to the attention of the D.C. fire department's hazardous materials team are described as unusual.

A fire department spokesman said the mail processor who came across the envelope took it home with him Wednesday. Authorities were called Thursday after the employee spoke with his supervisor.

[Nite Owl]

1. So does this mean that the terrorists

really want Kerry? Everyone vote Dem!

[iamjoy]

2. Al Queda Wants Bush To Win

He is great for recruiting.

You just know that Saudi Arabia & Pakistan (countries with large terrorist bases who claim to be our friends and partners in the war on terror) will do another crack down (as in "round up the usual suspects") right before the election & have some arrests to make Dubya look good.

[Snoggera]

3. It means we are winning the war on terror!

:silly:

Now, give that employee that for some reason TOOK THE FUCKING LETTER HOME OVERNIGHT a medal, a raise and a few promotions!

[theHandpuppet]

5. In a season of candidates...

.. this guy needs to be nominated for the Darwin Award.

[theHandpuppet]

4. Another link...

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=241965

[Bluebear]

6. Why did the mail processor "take the letter home" on Wednesday?

Chain of custody is a little broken, no?

[theHandpuppet]

8. Yes, see how security has improved?

This from the Post Office which had seen anthrax letters before and was shut down for months for decontamination! I can see all the $$$$$$ spent on Homeland Security is working so well... hell, aren't you glad someone didn't mail a friggin' bomb via Brentwood? Methinks something is terribly wrong when post office employees -- particularly those working in a station where all the mail is handled for the govt -- haven't a friggin' clue what to do with a suspicious letter addressed to a presidential candidate. Perhaps that's the real story here, because someone sure as hell ought to be fired!

Yep, we're safer now, folks. Sheesh!

[snippy]

14. Maybe he thought Bush wanted to share his coke stash with Kerry?

What was the return address?

[indepat]

7. Would seem to make no effing sense to take a possibly tainted

letter to your home. What am I missing here?

[DEMonstate]

9. Sniff, sniff...what's that smell.....FISH.

This guy saw a letter leaking white powder, adressed to Kerry and took it home?! I wonder if it is currently listed on Ebay.

[teryang]

10. Let the weirdness resume!

Time to throw another another election!

[TahitiNut]

11. So what was his route home and back? Circuitous?

How many crowded places did he stop at? Yeah. Irradiated. No problem. Uh-huh. :eyes:

[Desperadoe]

12. Every Postal Employee Knows

that, if you take a piece of mail off Postal premises, it is considered felony theft and is grounds for dismissal and Federal prosecution, even if the said piece is addressed to them. No employee is stupid enough to do this unless he or she has criminal intent.

This story stinks to high heaven.

[Algorem]

13. O.J. branching out?

ok,wrong brentwood.