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Today, the united states secret service confirmed that a threatening letter possibly containing the deadly poison ricin was sent to president obama. u.s. secret service can confirm the white house mail screening facility intercepted a letter addressed to the white house that was similar to the letters previously addressed to mayor bloomberg in new york. the letters addressed to mayor bloomberg and his gun control group, mayors against illegal guns, also contain the deadly ricin poison. the threat in that letter to mayor bloomberg echoed wayne lapierre's never surrender battle cry. the letter s...

Vengeance to destroy us. to destroy us and every ounce of our freedom. today, the united states secret service confirmed that a threatening letter possibly containing the deadly poison ricin was sent to president obama. u.s. secret service can confirm the white house mail screening facility intercepted a letter addressed to the white house that was similar to the letters previously addressed to mayor bloomberg in new york. the letters addressed to mayor bloomberg and his gun control group, mayors against illegal guns, also contain the deadly ricin poison. the threat in that letter to mayor b...

Preliminary test. the envelope addressed to, again, the white house, was quarantined and is part of now a coordinated investigation headed up by the fbi. this statement notes that operations here at the white house were in no way impacted. it never reached any area that touches the president in any way. the statement also adds that filters at a second government mail screening facility -- filters, also tested positive for ricin this morning on a preliminary basis. now, i've been previously told that preliminary tests as we know sometimes test positive and then you find out a negative test late...

Possible person of interest in the case. just a little background on this poison, ricin is a poison that is found naturally in caster beans, and any amount, an amount in fact the size of a head of a pin can kill an adult. there is no specific test for exposure and there is no antidote once exposed. there have been two cases recently the fbi discovered several vials of ricin in a motel room near the vegas strip in 2008 and in 2004 authorities discovered traces of the poison on a letter opening machine in the office of then senate majority leader bill frist. what have we learned from this fbi bu...

White house. new details on a letter bound for the executive mansion that tested positive for cyanide. nbc's kristen welker is live on the north lawn. what do you know? >> reporter: jose, good morning. here are the very latest. according to brian leery, a spokesperson with the secret service, officials at the white house mail screening facility which is located in the washington, d.c. area, by the way, jose. it's not here at the white house, received and envelope monday that was suspicious. now, initial tests showed it was negative for toxic chemicals but on tuesday, according to brian leery, ...