Envelopes Suspected of Containing Ricin Addressed to Mattis, CNO and Sent to Pentagon
10.02.2018 at 06:52pm
Envelopes Suspected of Containing Ricin Addressed to Mattis, CNO and Sent to Pentagon by Corey Dickstein – Stars & Stripes
The FBI is investigating envelopes addressed to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Adm. John Richardson found to contain a substance believed to be the deadly poison ricin, a defense official said Tuesday.
The two letters were discovered Monday at the Pentagon’s mail sorting center, a defense official said Tuesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the FBI was leading the probe into the incident.
Neither Mattis, who is in Paris, nor Richardson, the chief of naval operations, were endangered, the official said…
