(Sen.) Brown, Coakley Receive Suspicious Letters White Powder Found In Letters Sent To Offices

[Ian David]

Source: WCVB-TV Boston

BOSTON -- Suspicious letters containing white powder were sent Tuesday to the offices of Sen. Scott Brown and Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Coakley's office at One Ashburton Place reported receiving the letter at about 11:30 a.m. Powder fell from the envelope when it was opened by an employee. The letter was sent to a state lab.

About an hour later, a letter with white powder was sent to Brown's office in the J.F.K. Federal Building, police said.

"Initial field tests have been conducted and the results do not indicate that the substance poses a risk. In an abundance of caution, additional testing will be conducted," Coakley's office said in a statement.




Read more: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/27760071/detail.html

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See also:

15 Sudbury St., white powder found in envelope at Senator Brown's office. HAZMAT officers on scene.
http://twitter.com/#!/Boston_Police/status/65471809713225728


Scott Brown Finds Himself On Tea Party's 2012 Hit List
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4598939

Scott Brown Snubs Sarah Palin, Bags Tea Party Rally
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4340367

[kestrel91316]

1. Has he been disappointing and angering teabaggers of late?

[Ian David]

2. Yes, he has. I included links to that above. n/t

[No Elephants]

4. As a state Senator, he did attend a bagger rally. However, for federal office, he knew he

had at least appear moderate. So, when Sarah invaded Massahucsetts, he steered clear. He had nothing to lose: no bagger was running against him anyway. So, anyone leaning right was going to vote for him.

[KansDem]

3. This is what happens when we don't nip this in the bud.

The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. The ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement."

2001 Anthrax Attacks

[valerief]

7. That was to get the Patriot Act passed. nt

[No Elephants]

5. Seems like a "plague on both your houses" message, but why omit Kerry then?

[Ian David]

6. Kerry probably gets so many of these that he just files them under "A" for "Anthrax." n/t