Envelopes suspected of containing ricin poison addressed to president, defense secretary

[darkswordsman17]

Haven't been watching has it been confirmed to be ricin?

Watch it turn out to be cocaine.

 

[woolfe9998]

Obama has an assasination attempt?

Assassination attempts which get nowhere close to the POTUS aren't actually big news. It happens from time to time in every administration. They get reported but not as big headlines. The Anthrax scare under Bush got more press mainly because it happened right after 9/11. You should have just assumed that people would find links even if you couldn't remember an incident.

This wasn't the first incident for Trump either.

 

[sdifox]

I hope they find the bastard and put him in jail.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Apparently a guy was already arrested in Utah for this. He actually put his home address as the return address on the envelopes.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...mailed-to-pentagon-trump-report-idUSKCN1MD2OF

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Haven't been watching has it been confirmed to be ricin?

Castor seeds which ricin is derived from.

 

[Victorian Gray]

A Navy vet it seems

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...lyde-allen-iii-arrested-in-ricin-poison-case/

 

[Bitek]

Donald Trump is president. So, yeah...

Yeah, he is, and they made it a letter.

Trump doesn't read. He ain't touching that.

If they wanted to get to him they would have sent it in a bucket of chicken.

 

[Jhhnn]

A Navy vet it seems

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...lyde-allen-iii-arrested-in-ricin-poison-case/

From the article-

The envelopes of castor seeds, the base of a deadly toxin, were addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, defense officials said.

Castor beans are not ricin. They contain small amounts of ricin & are safe to handle unless you're allergic. I think the guy is some kind of nut job but he's probably not trying to poison anybody.

 

[gradoman]

What, like rice 'n beans?

Rici'n'Beans obviously