Valin Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. , Devlin Barrett and Mark Berman October 24 2018 at 9:41 AM The Secret Service said Wednesday that it had intercepted packages containing “potential explosive devices” addressed to former first lady Hillary Clinton in New York and former president Barack Obama in Washington. The devices were recovered not long after an explosive device was found in a mailbox at the Bedford, N.Y., home of George Soros, the liberal philanthropist who is a frequent target of far-right groups. “The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such,” the Secret Service said in a statement Wednesday. “The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them.” The Secret Service said the package addressed to Clinton was recovered late Tuesday, while the package sent to Obama’s Washington home was intercepted early Wednesday. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Republicans Condemn Political Violence After Secret Service Intercepts Bombs Sent to Clinton, Obama Tyler O'Neil October 24, 2018 On Wednesday morning, the Secret Service reported intercepting two suspicious packages sent to the homes of former first lady Hillary Clinton and former president Barack Obama. Republicans condemned this apparent political violence. (Snip) Quote Vice President Mike Pence✔ @VP We condemn the attempted attacks against fmr Pres Obama, the Clintons, @CNN & others. These cowardly actions are despicable & have no place in this Country. Grateful for swift response of @SecretService, @FBI & local law enforcement. Those responsible will be brought to justice. 8:14 AM - 24 Oct 2018 [/quote] Quote Paul Ryan✔ @SpeakerRyan Those behind such reprehensible acts must be brought to justice. We cannot tolerate any attempt to terrorize public figures. I am grateful to the @SecretService, Capitol Police, and all law enforcement who guard against these threats. 7:54 AM - 24 Oct 2018 Quote Rep. Steve ScaliseVerified account @SteveScalise These attempted attacks that have been made are beyond criminal, they are acts of pure terror. Violence and terror have no place in our politics or anywhere else in our society. 8:02 AM - 24 Oct 2018 Quote Kevin McCarthy✔ @GOPLeader Our country stands united in the face of attempted terrorism targeting President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and CNN. Rest assured law enforcement will hunt down the criminals who did this and bring them to justice. 10:39 AM - Oct 24, 2018 Quote Senator Hatch OfficeVerified account @senorrinhatch Senator Hatch Office Retweeted Amanda Golden This must stop. Political passion cannot become violence. We as Americans must take a step back from the brink and work to bring the temperature down. 7:00 AM - 24 Oct 2018 (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Reports: Bombs sent to Soros, CNN were hand-delivered Allahpundit 3:31 pm on October 24, 2018 People on social media have noticed that there appear to be no postal cancellation marks on the package in the photo of the bomb that was sent to CNN. There’s a reason for that: Quote Katie Hinman✔ @khinman Law enforcement sources tell @ShimonPro the package sent to CNN was delivered by courier, not mailed. 12:59 PM - Oct 24, 2018 Why’d he put stamps on the damned thing, then? To make it seem plausible at a glance to the recipient that the package really did come through the mail from Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office and was safe to open? Parsing the logic of crazy people is always a thankless task. Anyway, someone must have seen the bomber. Either he himself was the courier or he handed off the package to a delivery service and made payment. Which raises a question: Why? If he was willing to send a bomb in the mail to some of his targets, like Maxine Waters, why take the risk of being seen by witnesses via hand delivery? Does he want to get caught? (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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