President Obama assassination attempt

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A letter addressed to President Obama tested positive for ricin, the same poisonous substance that was also mailed to a senator, the media reports.


The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility and was being tested further, the officials within the Department of Justice report. A federal law enforcement official said that the letter was “very similar” to one addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss, according to NBC and ABC News.


Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker
Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker

Why this individual would believe the president would ever open his own mail without them being thoroughly screened is one question. But here’s another: Most people are probably curious about what ricin is, what it is made from and just how deadly it is.  

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