FBI: Envelope Sent to Sen. Roger Wicker Tests Positive for Ricin Poison
Politico reports: Letter Sent to Sen. Roger Wicker Tests Positive for Ricin.
An envelope sent to an office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) included a substance that has tested positive for Ricin, two sources say.
It was not immediately clear when the envelope was received or whether it was sent to his Washington, D.C., office or a field office.
The Boston Globe says it may have been ricin or “another poison.”
BREAKING NEWS: Senate Majority Leader Reid says letter with ricin or another poison sent to Sen. Roger Wicker
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 16, 2013
We should note that putting ricin poison in an envelope is probably the least effective way possible to deliver it. Ricin must be injected, ingested, or inhaled to poison someone. It’s always a threat when someone sends a poison of this nature, of course, but not remotely comparable to anthrax or some other weaponized chemical or biological agent.
