Congress members threatened with biological attack

February 23, 2012 by legitgov

Congress members threatened with biological attack --NYPD made aware of letters received by some media outlets on Tuesday night and alerted FBI, U.S. Capitol Police --Letters were signed 'the MIB' 22 Feb 2012 Several members of the Congress received mail threatening a biological attack and containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless as law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that more letters could be on their way. In a notice to Senate staffers titled "Urgent: Suspicious Mail Alert," Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer warned that the sender of the letters had "indicated that additional letters containing a powdery substance will be arriving at more Senate offices and that some of these letters may contain actual harmful material."