Posted on 10/09/2001 8:39:53 AM PDT by Pete
Philadelphia authorities late last night shut down two blocks of South Broad Street to allow the bomb squad and a hazardous-material team to examine a mysterious white powder found inside a package that had been mailed to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady's South Philadelphia district office.
The two blocks on either side of the Democratic congressman's office at 1907 S. Broad were closed as a precaution shortly after 10 p.m. and remained closed early this morning.
Authorities said the powder was in a package that had arrived at Brady's district office Friday.
Sometime last night, after news reports surfaced of an FBI investigation into two cases of anthrax contamination in Florida, authorities were contacted, police said, triggering the massive response from police, fire and Health Department officials.
Officials said Brady was not in Philadelphia last night.
I'm aware of Kentucky mailing to IRS with white powder and of an AP report from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale of seemingly random individuals gettting these packages in the mail. (I posted the Miami one on Sunday/Monday on FR). Anyway, I'm looking for a pattern. IRS would be logical place to send dish soap by any number of people, but I think we've got to be very careful about how this is handled.
Its necessary to separate copycats from real terrorist actions.
Here's what I posted on another thread to someone who said she hardly ever receives mail but had received unmarked (no return address) mail with a Kissimmee, FLA postmark at work, which she had thrown into the wastebasket:
URGENT - pick them up out of the trash (cover your hands with a papertowel or a plastic garbage liner bag) and set them aside in a safe place and contact the FBI IMMEDIATELY!
Treat these envelopes like what they are - potential evidence in the war on terrorism.
NATIONWIDE LIST OF FBI FIELD OFFICES WITH CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS
House.gov webpage of US Rep Bob Brady
The only relevant piece of information I can find is that he serves on the US House Committee on Armed Services (i.e. military funding oversight).
I used to buy lists from this company until I learned who owned it (worth 100's of millions) and the liberals they supported. My screen name isn't boycott without a reason.
I don't trust any arab.
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