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Feds: Mississippi man arrested in ricin scare

By Matt Smith and Carol Cratty, CNN
April 18, 2013


A Prince George's County, Md., firefighter dressed in a protective suit walks out of a government mail screening facility in Hyattsville, Md., April 17, 2013. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

(CNN) -- An arrest has been made in connection with possibly contaminated letters sent to President Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.

Paul Kevin Curtis was arrested by the FBI at his home in Corinth, Mississippi, the department said in a statement.

Discovered Tuesday, the letters were addressed to Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and to Obama. The justice department release said a third letter was sent to a Mississippi justice official.

The letters to Wicker and Obama were stopped at a government mail-screening facility after initial tests indicated the presence of the deadly poison ricin.

Because initial tests can be "inconsistent," the envelopes have been sent off for additional tests, an FBI statement said. The FBI does not expect to receive results from the tests until Thursday, federal law enforcement sources told CNN.

The letters read: "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance."

more at http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/17/politics/tainted-letter-intercepted/index.html

Quote from: islander on April 18, 2013, 10:13:03 AM
The letters to Wicker and Obama were stopped at a government mail-screening facility after initial tests indicated the presence of the deadly poison ricin.

Because initial tests can be "inconsistent," the envelopes have been sent off for additional tests, an FBI statement said. The FBI does not expect to receive results from the tests until Thursday, federal law enforcement sources told CNN.

The letters read: "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance."

Hmm, shades of Erasmus...

don't tell me he's a tbland visitor and is getting tips from hubagamus.  the horror, the horror.

Quote from: islander on April 18, 2013, 10:19:15 AM
don't tell me he's a tbland visitor and is getting tips from hubagamus.  the horror, the horror.

Hmm, maybe he isn't really from Mississippi, but some nearby state. Louisiana? Florida?