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Senator wicker did test positive for ricin at the actual lab. so there was a more formal and reliably positive test beyond the initial test conducted in the field. thats according to the senate in sergeant arms terry gaynor. we can also report that the markings on the envelope were not outwardly suspicious. there was no return address and it was postmarked from memphis, tennessee, which is not far from the senators home state of mississippi. they have closed postal facilities for two or three da...

Markings that senator wickers office got, no return address, the fact it came from memphis, tennessee, were working on that as well. >> i think people will be looking at all sorts of suspicious looking letters that they get. a lot of us including you, dana, vividly remember the anthrax-laced letters that popped up right after 9/11 in 2001. just remind our viewers. you were working up on capitol hill. and i believe -- correct me if im wrong, dana, but as a result of youre being near some letters ...

Enough to kill a human being. robert wicker is a republican from minnesota. shannon travis is with us this morning. we know where the letter might have been mailed from. has were trying to figure out is who mailed that letter, right? >> absolutely. in both those questions, federal officials will be investigating. we know essentially where it was from. it was post marked at least memphis, tennessee. but theres no return address. thats the information that we are getting from the senate sergeant a...

Thats an excellent point you raise. two letters have intercepted. who knows how many he put in the mail? its not difficult. its kind of like its a non-sophisticated technology. someone who is intent on causing, you know, widespread panic and fear, and they didnt have the sophistication to manufacture anthrax or -- ricin make sufficient quantity and all they need to do is put in envelopes, put on the stamps and drop them in mailboxes and you have mass terror all over the country. >> bill: david, ...

The white house. the ricin is certainly frighteni frightening. >> we just leashed the letter is similar to that sent to senator wicker. now we dont know exactly what that means, what the similarities are. we know about the wicker letter according to capital police that it has a memphis, tennessee postmark, no return address. are those the markers on this letter to president obama? we dont know. but this was according to the secret service, was received on tuesday, the day after the boston bombin...

It was most parked in memphis, tennessee and had no return address. as for a motive we dont know anything. as for a suspect claire mccastle from missouri says authorities have a person in mind and that it is a person who sent a lot of letters to law americas. but we dont know who that person is. we dont really have any other specific information just that mail service to the u.s. senate has been stopped and some senators are concerned. >> it is not just members concerned but a lot of staff, that...

Ground. you could do that. youd have to hit it very extensively and try to pulverize it but there would be greater risk on that. >>brian: what are the chances of the return address on these chemicals being iraq? >> i think there is a high probability of that but that is conjecture. we know prior to iraqi freedom there was a lot of vehicles crossing the border into syria and there was a great deal of conjecture. the iraqi major general swore by it. he said he delivered it. so i think that it woul...

And, as it stands right now, at last count, the chaplain said i was ninth in line. >> until his wedding day, allen must rely on letters to communicate with his fiance. but until he opens his mail, it must undergo a meticulous screening process. >> if it doesnt have dorm numbers, ais numbers, they cant have it. if it doesnt have a name on the return address, they cant have it. if it doesnt have a return address at all, they cant have it. theyre not alued to have any kind of nude pictures that are...

Far. the investigation really just getting underway. all of these noncertified letters from mailed from a mail postal facility in seattle, washington which, of course, has nothing to do with the state of florida. no return address. they have been landing all over the state of florida in enough to 24 of 67 counties in this enormous battleground state with enormous battleground issues in the past. this clever letter is a first. >> any time anybody is trying to prevent somebody from voting. thats a...

Anyone. there is no return address or any indication who mailed this. they were all noncertified letters they have been the work of one person crafty and clever, but they could have just dropped all leters off in a mailbox and they could be untraceable. the secretary of state in florida now reports letters shows up in 23 of the 67 counties. one clue is the postmark of seattle, walk, which has nothing to do with florida election laws. dirty trick, first for historic battleground florida. >> they ...