{"id":82139,"date":"2018-10-03T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T21:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82139"},"modified":"2018-10-03T21:59:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T01:59:24","slug":"update-former-navy-sailor-suspected-of-sending-ricin-laced-packages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82139","title":{"rendered":"Update: Former Navy Sailor Suspected of Sending Ricin-Laced Packages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mattis-e1538591789800.png\" alt=\"mattis ricin crispies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Answering the mail for ChipNASA.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Packages with suspicious substances &#8212; at least two of which tested positive for ricin &#8212; sent to the Pentagon, White House and Sen. Ted Cruz&#8217;s office in Texas this week were part of a coordinated effort by a former Navy sailor, officials told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said one of the envelopes, addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis or the Navy&#8217;s top officer, Adm. John Richardson, <strong>contained a return address <\/strong>leading them to believe it came from the sailor, whose name has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say a tip from the White House led the Pentagon to discover the two packages sent to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Both initially tested positive for ricin but are now in the hands of the FBI for further testing.<\/p>\n<p>The packages never made their way into the Pentagon, but were flagged in a mail delivery building next door on Monday, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seems the envelopes contained Ricin seeds, not the refined lethal powder, but still enough to be detected. I think our mystery &#8216;former sailor&#8217; missed Terror Mailing 101, the part where it&#8217;s not considered good practice to include a return address with the surprise package.<\/p>\n<p>The entire article can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/10\/03\/former-navy-sailor-suspected-sending-ricin-laced-packages.html?ESRC=navy-a_181003.nl\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answering the mail for ChipNASA. Packages with suspicious substances &#8212; at least two of which tested &hellip; <a title=\"Update: Former Navy Sailor Suspected of Sending Ricin-Laced Packages\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82139\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Update: Former Navy Sailor Suspected of Sending Ricin-Laced Packages<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teh-stoopid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}