UPDATED W/VIDEO: McCain’s Denver & NH Offices Receive Threatening Envelope With White Powder…
CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Threatening letters containing an unidentified white powder were sent to John McCain campaign offices in Colorado and New Hampshire on Thursday, officials said.
No injuries were immediately reported.
At least 19 people were examined at hospitals or were quarantined outside the office in Centennial, Colo., a Denver suburb. The office was evacuated, and authorities were trying to determine whether the powder was hazardous.
A McCain campaign aide said the Manchester, N.H., office had been evacuated and the staffers underwent medical examinations.
No other details were immediately available from New Hampshire.
Jeff Sadosky, a spokesman with McCain’s national campaign office in Arlington, Va., confirmed threatening letters were sent to the two offices.
Officials believe the Denver letter was a hoax sent by an inmate, according to a U.S. government official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because nothing will be certain until the powder is tested.
The New Hampshire office called authorities when it saw a letter with Denver as the return address. The official did not know if it was the same return address as the Colorado letter.
Both letters were mailed from Denver, which currently is under a heightened state of security because of the Democratic National Convention that begins there Monday.
In Colorado, seven people drove themselves to Sky Ridge Medical Center, but none showed any symptoms of exposure to a toxic substance, hospital spokeswoman Linda Watson said.
Twelve people were quarantined outside the Colorado office, including three police officers, two firefighters and seven civilians, said Andy Lyon of Parker South Metro Fire Rescue Authority.
“Our guys did not find any powder. There were maybe a couple of grains of something inside an envelope and they had to kind of work to get a sample,” Lyon said.
Malcolm Wiley, a spokesman for the Secret Service in Washington, said the agency was notified Thursday afternoon that a white substance had been found in the campaign office just south of Denver. A staffer opened the envelope, but it was not known whether any of the powder got on her hands.
Agents from the postal inspector’s office were on the scene in Centennial. Officials with the FBI and the Arapahoe County, Colo., Sheriff’s Department did not immediately return calls.
(AP)
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Ah….it’s come down to that now.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:01 pmObviously McCain is doing something right.
well it’s not that hard to make democrats resort to terrorism. Afterall terrorism is one of the pillars of liberalism. Right behind whining to the government and blaming America.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:12 pmCNN STILL doesn’t have it on there site… probably deciding where to put it (as if it isn’t important!) and probably how to spin it to McCain’s fault!
August 21st, 2008 at 2:15 pmYou mean how to spin it to Bush’s fault, don’t you? LOL.
Can’t wait to hear what Cafferty and Olbermann have to say. NOT!
August 21st, 2008 at 2:18 pmBush’s fault
Cheney’s fault
Rumsfeld’s fault (still)
Gates fault
Petraeus fault…
I just checked again… STILL NOT ON CNN
Because they know this will take away from Obie’s VP news…
Fuckin’ evil!
August 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pmSTOP THE PRESSES…
CNN just put it on ‘Latest News’ SIDEBAR!
AND ON THE BOTTOM!! THE B O T T O M ! !
Nope, no breaking news hear folks… just move along sheeple!
this is the story and how vacuous and uninteresting it is.
Secret Service: Powder, threat found at McCain’s Denver office
Posted: 06:11 PM ET
(CNN) — An envelope containing an unidentified powder and a threat against Senator John McCain was found at the presidential hopefuls Denver office, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said Thursday.
“Agents and officers are responding,” said spokesman Malcolm Wiley.
The letter was received at 3 p.m. MT (5 p.m. ET) at McCain’s regional campaign office in the suburbs outside Denver, McCain’s campaign said.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:29 pmMSNBC.COM has….
BREAKING NEWS: McCain campaign workers in Colo. sent to hospital over threatening letter, NBC reports
Just to make it sound like someone pussed out and fainted, no mention of the powder in the headline…
August 21st, 2008 at 2:40 pmABCNEWS.COM…
NOTHING…
August 21st, 2008 at 2:42 pmObamas coke delivery go to the wrong address?
August 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pmCBS?
McCain Office Is Sent White Powder, Threat
NOTHING MUST INTERFERE WITH THE MESSIAH’S VP CHOICE.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pm(He needs the bump in the polls!)
If it happened in husseins camp, every news service around the world would have it running 24/7.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pmDOLLARDITES…
spread the news of the… NON-NEWS to the rest of the blogosphere…. spread the truth!
August 21st, 2008 at 2:45 pmwhite substance and a threatening letter just found at McCains campaign headquarters in New Hampshire.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:52 pmNew Hamp too?
Remember Obambi: setup office’s in all 50 (er, 57) states!
August 21st, 2008 at 2:56 pmthe New Hamp angle is developing on Drudge…
August 21st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Lftbhndagn (К аду с Россия)
August 21st, 2008 at 3:06 pmLOL XD
It would be hilarious if someone did that as prank. (send obama some fake crack)
LBA is right; the note is from Obama and he said he’s gonna snort the rest unless McCain says he’s a patriot.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:11 pm“Obamas coke delivery go to the wrong address?”
August 21st, 2008 at 3:22 pmGood one.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pmThis is disappointing, I didn’t think the libtards would resort to this level of depravity; it’s a mistake in my judgment to believe that these people were basically harmless. My guess is that they will blame Carl Rove and call it an inside job too. There is some comfort in knowing that the jackass who did this won’t be laughing when his/her ass is in jail for 30 years.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:38 pmWasn’t me man. I was laughing at Lftbhndagn.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:50 pmToo funny.
GF: usually, incidents like this, it turns out to be a twisted person from the same side. Just based upon history, it’s reasonable to expect this guy (and yes, it’s probably a guy) leans to the right. Insane is insane and it crosses party boundaries. That’s why I have never been comfortable with insanity defenses - in most cases, what sane person murders or tries to murder someone else?
August 21st, 2008 at 4:24 pmErgh. Disgusting, but not surprising from the people who don’t seem to think associating with people of William Ayer’s ilk is detestable.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:43 pmDoes the return address label read Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn?
August 21st, 2008 at 5:44 pmObamas coke delivery go to the wrong address?
LBA is right; the note is from Obama and he said he’s gonna snort the rest unless McCain says he’s a patriot.
O.K. you both are killin’ me and I thank you for it!
August 21st, 2008 at 5:46 pmJust hand “BARACKOLYPSE NOW!” a straw and see what the problem is.
……………………….
PS - I’m having a field day with the BHO nick-name list I posted on the Deep Thoughts thread!
Copy and paste it to a document, put on your desktop and use the hell out of it.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm