Saturday, October 11, 2008

Threatening letters sent to LA Times and Obama's LA campaign office

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-powder12-2008oct12,0,4589753.story

Suspicious letters sent to Times and to Palm Desert's McCallum Theatre
The letters contained a granular substance that was found to be harmless. The FBI is investigating. A similar letter was sent to a Barack Obama campaign office.

By Scott Glover Times Staff Writer
October 12, 2008

Suspicious letters delivered to a theater in Palm Desert and to the Los Angeles Times on Friday appeared to contain no hazardous materials, FBI officials confirmed.

Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles, said the Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the letters, but said the granular substance in the letters tested negative for hazardous biological or chemical materials.

A similar letter delivered to The Times mailroom on Friday was also being investigated...


The envelope was addressed to two Times reporters and bore no return address, said Times Senior Security Manager Larry Belkin. "Save the Babies" was handwritten on the envelope's face, and "Kill All Obama Supporters" was written on the back, Belkin said. Inside was a one-page letter and a light brown granular substance.

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