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The FBI and Postal Service are investigating suspicious mail containing a white powder substance that was sent to election offices in at least 16 states this week, according to an ABC News canvass ...
The most notable instance of mail irradiation in the US occurred in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks; the level of radiation chosen to kill anthrax spores was so high that it often changed the physical appearance of the mail. [1] The United States Postal Service began to irradiate mail in November 2001, in response to the discovery of large ...
The FBI, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and state and local law enforcement partners are investigating multiple letters containing suspicious substances which have been mailed to ...
A postal inspector, William Paliscak, became severely ill and disabled after removing an anthrax-contaminated air filter from the Brentwood mail facility on October 19, 2001. Although his doctors, Tyler Cymet and Gary Kerkvliet , believe that the illness was caused by anthrax exposure, blood tests did not find anthrax bacteria or antibodies ...
Still, the suspicious mail delayed the counting of ballots in some local elections, the AP reported. The latest incident comes less than two months ahead of what is expected to be a heated election.
A suspicious package addressed to U.S. Representative Maxine Waters was intercepted by United States Capitol Police. [23] [29] Another suspicious package addressed to Waters resulted in the evacuation of a U.S. Postal Service facility in Los Angeles. [30]
Nationally, the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages were sent to or received by elections officials, according to the AP report ...
The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), or the Postal Inspectors, is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service.It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the United States' mail system from illegal or dangerous use.