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May 31, 2013

U.S. Authorities Probe More Suspicious Letters Sent to Obama 
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U.S. authorities are investigating more suspicious letters sent to
President Obama that may contain the poison ricin. The Secret Service
confirmed one of the letters was similar to the ones addressed to New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the group Mayors Against Illegal
Guns, which referenced the national push for gun control. A number of
threatening letters have been sent to officials and government agencies
in recent weeks. Three of them, including one addressed to Obama, were
reportedly postmarked from Spokane, Washington, where a man was charged
last week with sending ricin-tainted mail to a federal judge.

 

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