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Those 2001 anthrax letter attacks and they made sure that these letters in this case did not get anywhere close to the lawmaker and to the president of the united states. and so bottom line the system worked in this case, bill. bill: yeah, one more thing here, mike. is the case considered closed or is there a possibility of more letters being received out there? they are on the lookout for other suspicious letters. we had a bunch of offices evacuated or cleared and has mat uniforms come into the capitol or offices around the capitol complex and also some to some district offices just to be abundantly cautious to make sure if there was anything suspicious, that it was carefully checked out because of course one thing we know that ricin in very small amounts can be quietly that, quite deadly. every precaution was taken here on capitol hill. and in many senators offices around the country to make sure anything funny in the mail was double-checked, bill. bill: thank you, mike. ....
You have a specific strategy when dealing with these matters. what s not clear to me, david is whether or not they found the ricin and whether they traced it back to mississippi or if they looked at his return address on an envelope in washington, d.c. if he were that well known to authorities. yeah, well, you know, the original report indicated there was no return address. that may or may not be so. but if he is familiar to them, a certain style of writing or the envelopes he send are very distinctive that may be how they trace him. i assume the next step is to go into his residence or any area he had control over and see was there any other residual components. that s probably the next step to make the case against him solid. bill: david, there is no indication that anyone was affected by this ricin. had he been successful, what happens to a human being when they come in contact with it? ricin is an incredibly ....
Mississippi in that case. mike emanuel has been on the story throughout the day. is he live on the hill late for us tonight. what can we reported, mike? what are you getting? bill, we have several law enforcement sources who tell us that a man by the name of kenneth curtis of tupelo, mississippi has been arrested in connection with these letters that have tested positive for ricin that have been sent to addressed to president obama and senator roger wicker of mississippi. sources early on in the investigation were telling us that it was somebody from mississippi, from senator wicker s home state and the fbi bulletin that we have been reporting from that we obtained early today says the two letters that were sent were signed i am k.c. and i approve this message. k.c. may translate to kenneth curtis it is unclear when charges will be filed. whether it will be later tonight or tomorrow. but, again, to recap, several federal law enforcement sources say arrest has been made. kenneth cur ....
That s an excellent point you raise. two letters have intercepted. who knows how many he put in the mail? it s not difficult. it s kind of like it s a non-sophisticated technology. someone who is intent on causing, you know, widespread panic and fear, and they didn t 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, stand by one from one mommy. mike emanuel from capitol hill has been reporting on this story throughout the day. what are the precautions in place now. what are they telling you whether it s tonight or tomorrow or the coming days about the possibility of more letters. essentially, bill, everybody son the lookout for more letters, anything that comes in not with a return address. they are taking a closer look at. bottom line is the letters that were sent addressed to ....
fox news asked the fbi to comment on the status of the bomb analysis but there was no immediate response, bill. bill: catherine, thank you from washington. you are welcome. to our viewers at home we had expected an fbi briefing. that was postponed. their words from earlier tonight. it still may happen this evening. if it does during this broadcast, we will certainly bring that to you live. also, a major story breaking earlier today and throughout the day. the fbi telling fox there is no sign of any connection between the bombings here in boston and those suspicious letters turning up in washington. investigators say early tests on letters sent to president obama and mississippi republican senator roger wicker were positive for ricin. that s a deadly poison. 6,000 times more poisonous, they say, than many other items e% say preliminary tests can be wrong and they re waiting for final results. officials say they intercepted both letters before they got to the white house or the c ....