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Two envelopes addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson have initially tested positive for the deadly poison ricin at the Pentagon’s mail facility, according to a report. The packages, which were delivered Monday, were intercepted before making it into the sprawling headquarters of the Defense Department in Virginia near Washington, DC, spokesman Chris Sherwood said Tuesday.

The IMF employee received hand and face injuries, and staff were evacuated. IMF director Christine Lagarde condemned the "cowardly act of violence" against IMF staff.

"A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children - the youngest a third-grade boy - was a far-left political extremist who was "obsessed" with President Obama to the point of being off-putting."--Boston Herald, February 15, 2010 'Oddball' portrait of Amy Bishop emerges:http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100215oddball_protrait_emerges_suspects_family_pals_offer_clues/srvc=home&position=0___________________________________________________ "The woman accused of killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville was a suspect in a 1993 attempted mail bombing, according to a report by The Boston Globe. The report broke the day after it was learned that Bishop fatally shot her brother in Braintree in 1986. More than fifteen years ago,...

A loner with a penchant for candelit vigils in his garden is being questioned over a series of letter bomb attacks that have left nine people injured. Miles Cooper, a 26-year-old school caretaker who does not drive, was arrested at his home near Cambridge early today on suspicion of sending seven letter bombs in the past month, several to the offices of companies with links to traffic regulation enforcement. Cooper, described by his uncle as "a lonely boy most of his life", had been under surveillance for some time at the terrace house in the village of Cherry Hinton, where...

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a series of letter bomb attacks in Britain. The man was arrested in Cambridge by detectives investigating the attacks on businesses linked to forensic science laboratories and traffic enforcement. A total of seven letter bombs have been sent across Britain over the last month.

A woman has been injured after a parcel bomb exploded at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency centre in Swansea, the third such attack in three days. The latest blast happened in the post room of the DVLA. The victim is said to have non life-threatening injuries. Yesterday two people were hurt when a package exploded in Wokingham, Berkshire, at the offices of an accountancy firm linked to Speed Check Services, the provider of digital speed cameras to the police. That followed a letter bomb attack the day before at the central London offices of Capita, which runs London's...

Two people have been injured after an 'item of mail' exploded at the offices of a company in Wokingham, Berkshire. The incident comes just a day after a letter bomb exploded at an office in London. More to follow...

LONDON (AP) - A letter bomb exploded Monday at a London company that controls the city's traffic congestion fee, fire officials said. One worker suffered minor injuries to her hand. The letter exploded at the Capita Commercial Services, which on behalf of the government controls the $16 daily fee for central London drivers meant to cut down on traffic in central London. It also collects television licensing fees, handles mediation and insurance for the Criminal Records Bureau, and does work for the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Work and Pensions. Capita, with headquarters near Scotland Yard,...

A letter bomb has exploded in Victoria Street in London. Sky News' Home Affairs Correspondent Mark White said the device exploded at 9.40am. A female employee at the office where the letter was delivered was slightly injured - she is understood to have opened the envelope. The main road outside the building, which is just 200 yards from Scotland Yard, was closed off with a cordon set up around the entrance. A police spokesman said: "We were called at around 9.40 this morning to reports of a suspect package at a business address in Victoria Street. "A female employee...

The Polish consulate received a letter bomb Tuesday, believed to have come from the same source as several others recently sent to political figures in the southern state of Bavaria, authorities said. A secretary became suspicious when she noticed wires in an envelope addressed to the consul general, and did not open it, state police said. A special letter bomb unit of the Bavarian state police has taken over the investigation. Police are offering $12,300 for information that leads to the person sending the letter bombs. Six Bavarian politicians have received letter bombs since April. One exploded, slightly injuring an...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Federal and state investigators questioned Nevada prison inmates Friday about suspicious letters - rigged with a match to flare when the envelope was opened - that were sent from the prison to several governors. At least 11 state leaders and Nevada's corrections director received such letters Thursday or Friday. In three letters, the match flared, but no one has been hurt. Some of the letters were intercepted during screening or because of an alert issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The letters apparently did not contain writings, but each bore a return address...

HELENA, Mont. -- At least five governors received envelopes in the mail Thursday rigged to ignite when opened. In Montana, the envelope prompted the evacuation of part of the state Capitol. The envelopes, rigged with matches set to ignite when opened, were sent to the governors of Montana, Idaho, Nebraska, Washington and Utah. There were no reports of injuries. All the letters appeared to have come from a maximum-security prison in Nevada, where another letter also turned up at the office of the state corrections director. Barbara Ranf, chief of staff for Montana Gov. Judy Martz, said the match was...

Five governors get booby-trapped incendiary envelopes HELENA, Mont. — At least five Western and Midwestern governors received envelopes in the mail rigged to ignite when opened today. In Montana, the envelope prompted the evacuation of part of the state Capitol. The envelopes, rigged with matches set to ignite when opened, were sent to the governors of Montana, Idaho, Nebraska, Washington and Utah. There were no reports of injuries. All the letters appeared to have come from a maximum security prison in Nevada. Glen Whorton, assistant director for the Nevada Corrections Department, said another letter also turned up at office of...

OLYMPIA - A letter rigged to ignite when opened was sent to Gov. Gary Locke, but the State Patrol intercepted it and opened it safely on Thursday. It was one of at least four such letters sent to Western and Midwestern governors. All appeared to come from a maximum security prison in Nevada. Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Nelsa Brodie said the envelope contained two matches and a piece of paper, arranged so the matches would strike and ignite the paper. The letter was brought to security officers at the Capitol, Brodie said, and they opened it in a way so...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A letter bomb sent to the head of the largest political group in the European Parliament has exploded but hurt nobody, says a spokesman for the European People's Party. The letter was sent to German Christian Democrat Hans-Gert Poettering and opened by an employee. "It caught fire, there was a bang. Nobody was hurt," Robert Fitzhenry told Reuters. A series of letterbombs have been sent to European officials in recent days. Investigators are looking at the possibility Italian anarchists are behind the mailings.

Anarchist bombers cast shadow of terror over EU By Robin Gedye, Foreign Affairs Writer (Filed: 31/12/2003) Fears of an anarchist-inspired terrorist campaign against the European Union grew yesterday after a fourth letter bomb in as many days was received by an EU institution. Extra security measures have been taken at all EU offices as a result of the heightened threat, spokesman Stefaan De Rynck said. Italian anarchists are believed to have been behind the wave of letter bombs delivered to senior European officials, including Romano Prodi, the president of the European Commission, and Jean-Claude Trichet, chief of the European Central...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European police forces hunted on Tuesday for Italian anarchists suspected of waging a letter bomb campaign against top EU targets, as Germany sealed off a military hospital over a bomb threat by Islamic militants. The latest letter bomb was sent on Tuesday to Eurojust, a European Union body based in The Hague that is made up of prosecutors and judges who help member states investigate and prosecute serious cross-border crime cases. It did not explode. An Italian group calling itself the Informal Anarchist Federation had threatened a campaign against the "new European order" just days before the...

<p>Authorities intercepted a package bomb sent to a European police agency Tuesday, as authorities investigated an anarchist group as possibly behind a series of explosives mailed to officials in three countries.</p> <p>A bomb squad in The Hague disarmed the most recent explosive, a parcel sent to Eurojust, a European Union agency that helps coordinate international criminal prosecutions.</p>

A letter bomb has been intercepted and defused at the Dutch headquarters of the European Union's police agency, Europol. It is the third letter bomb sent to prominent EU figures or bodies in as many days. A government official in The Hague said staff at Europol alerted the bomb squad after they became suspicious about the package. Police are investigating the incident. Europol handles criminal intelligence and assists EU states in fighting organised crime. Earlier on Monday, European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet was sent a suspected letter bomb and on Saturday a parcel exploded in European Commission President Romano...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A letter bomb was intercepted on Monday at the Dutch headquarters of the European Union's police agency, Europol, and was deactivated before it caused any damage. The letter bomb was the third sent to prominent EU figures or bodies in three days. "The letter bomb was delivered at the Europol head office in The Hague but their staff was suspicious about it," spokeswoman Astrid Rijsdorp of the public prosecutor's office in The Hague told Reuters. "They warned the bomb squad who defused it in time and nobody got injured," she said. Rijsdorp said police were investigating the...