Aug. 21, 2008
McCain Office Mailed Threat, White Powder
Letter's Return Address Listed A Colorado Inmate; Second Letter Deemed False Alarm
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Hazmat crews entered the building shortly after 4:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. (KCNC)
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John McCain's campaign headquarters in Centennial, Colo. (KCNC)
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A second letter sent to a McCain campaign office in New Hampshire initially was reported to contain a white substance. Authorities said that was a false alarm and there was no powder in that envelope.
At least 19 people were examined at hospitals or were quarantined outside the Colorado office while authorities tried to determine whether the powder was hazardous.
Andy Lyon of Parker South Metro Fire Rescue Authority said the return address on the envelope listed the Arapahoe Detention Center and the name of an inmate. He didn't release the name.
Lyon said the first line of the letter used threatening language, but he refused to give any details.
McCain's campaign had said the letter sent to the Manchester, N.H., office also contained a threatening language and white powder.
But Malcolm Wiley, a Secret Service spokesman in Colorado, said there was no powder in the New Hampshire envelope. He said he did not know about the content of the letter.
Wiley said the letter had a Denver return address, which alarmed staffers in Manchester because they had heard about the Colorado incident.
Jim Barnett, McCain's New England campaign manager, said it's unusual for the New Hampshire office to get a letter from Denver.
"That was really the only suspicious thing about the letter, and our national headquarters advised, out of an abundance of caution for our staff and volunteers, that we have the authorities check it out," he said. "We did and it was deemed safe."
A government official familiar with the investigation said the New Hampshire letter was a false alarm. The official said authorities believe the Denver letter was a hoax because it appeared to have been sent from a jail.
Both the New Hampshire and Colorado offices were evacuated.
Lyon said about 40 people were evacuated from the Colorado building, but it contains several offices and businesses, and he did not know how many people had been in the McCain office.
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, Lyon said.
He said Park South Metro firefighters found very little powder when they arrived.
"There were maybe a couple of grains of something inside an envelope and they had to kind of work to get a sample," he said.
Bruce Williamson of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department said a hazmat team was searching the building. He said authorities believe the substance was confined within the structure.
Williamson said authorities took the incident "very seriously" because the Democratic National Convention begins Monday in Denver and McCain is the presumed GOP candidate.
Postal Inspector Jo Jan Henderson said agents from her office were at the scene. FBI officials did not immediately return calls.
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See all 303 CommentsPosted by blancadebree at 05:58 PM : Aug 21, 2008"
NO WAY. Give up a chance to be First Lady? No more than Hillary would have tried to get 1992 revenge for Bill''s dalliances while Governor (remember Paula and Gennifer?)
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Posted by blancadebree
McCain has revealed that all Presential wives have suffered, some of them just don''t know. King David could not keep his peepee in his robe. Power and lust go hand in hand; and take down the flesh of men.
John McCain''s campaign office in Denver, Colorado, has received a letter containing a threat and "an amount of white powder in it," a McCain campaign spokesman told CBS News'' Michelle Levi.
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I wonder which one of McCain''s staff brought it in.
If you just add water, a tsp of salt, a tsp of yeast, then let it ferment for 24 hours you''ll have some really nice european style bread.
Posted by zerato at 06:11 PM : Aug 21, 2008"
I heard he tried to send it to his house, but he couldn''t remember any of the 7 addresses.
They have no tolerance for competition, no tolerance for anyone speaking out against them, and least of all no tolerance for a second party.
Gee, where''s McVet when you need a seig heil ?
Look, see. McCain got white powder in the mail too. McCain...he is one of you.
Just a little blow (Cocaine for you clueles libs)
Posted by SlipSliding1
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Only a republican pig who voted for the biggest nose-candy fanatic in history would know.
Thanks for clarifying. Us clueless libs are too busy saving the environment, starting social programs for un-aborted babies, and supporting reduction in pollution that we don''t have time for drugs.
Guess you Reps do, though. All those extra stimulus dollars at work. :)
Posted by JackMayoff2 at 06:20 PM : Aug 21, 2008"
Okay, he''s got the power now, and he clearly is raising the money....so are you saying the next step is he dumps Michele for a real babe?
Posted by RosieOD4Prez at 06:17 PM : Aug 21, 2008
I bet you live alone under that rock. They...they...they: You sound like a Nazi commercial building a case against the Joos.
Seig heil, darling. Look in the mirror sometime about that intolerance bit. :)
Did I mention the far left lives in denial of reality ?
Heh-heh.
Posted by RosieOD4Prez at 06:24 PM : Aug 21, 2008
Last time I checked, you Republicans paid the same price in gas as us liberals...what, don''t your party have special pumps for you Bush/McSame lackies?
No?
heh-heh
Posted by ndpindent-ru at 06:25 PM : Aug 21, 2008
Is that anything like gop tampering with hillary''s plane before she let Obama use it?
That same sort of tin-foil hat 51 thinking?
No-Bama/Marx 2008!! Change you can believe in Commrades!! All I''ve heard is HYPE and very little HOPE
Your brilliant speaker of the house didn''t even want to talk drilling, and even Barack now disagrees with her.
Drill Now!
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Yes, we pay the same price, but it''s no big deal to us. We''re rich, you fool. What''s $4/gallon when we can reap the benefits of tax breaks and own 7 houses?
It''s a wealth thing; you wouldn''t understand.
So who does "acts of terror" advantage? Right.
Poor babe. Don''t froth at the mouth quite so much, you smog up the monitor.
When are you types ever going to get on board with ANYONE? Combative, suspicious, uncooperative, with tunnel vision. This country has operated over 200 years with a democratic two-party system and just because YOU were born with a chip on your shoulder about being forced to tolerate other views, doesn''t cancel out what makes this country great.
Freedom, pal. The freedom that allows you not to be like me is the same freedom that allows me not to be like you. Sorry you don''t like it. Maybe you should try Russia. I hear they are a one-party system over there.
Oh c''mon now. Groucho Marx would be a great choice, but he''s older than McCain and deader than Cheney.
What hypocrites.
Ah, go take your gripe over to the relevant story. This story is about some far-left nut job trying to take McCain out.
Posted by RosieOD4Prez at 06:30 PM : Aug 21, 2008
Drill what, darling? Drill the leases the oil companies already have and aren''t using? That sort of drilling?
Every time you put that expensive gas into your car, try not to suk the GOP propaganda hose, girl. It isn''t pretty.
Yeah, but I sure would know how many!
Uh, probably because he never positioned himself as God''s gift to the environment. Someone who does that while jetting around and owning an energy-drain home is an example of "hypocrite". Not people who criticize the savior/user, and don''t criticize the non-savior/user. Context is everything, as Obama would say.
Haven''t you noticed the direct correlation between reduction in supply or increase in demand and the rise in price.
Grow a brain liberal. This is very elementry economics.
Posted by erichsh at 06:37 PM : Aug 21, 2008
Or, possibly, this story is about some right-wing
Morongelical Christian nut job trying to take McCain
out.
Posted by cbs3200 at 06:53 PM : Aug 21, 2008
Or maybe this is about some McCooCoo people trying to make it look as if they just got attacked in the same way two rightwing whackos attacked Democratic campaign offices in New Hampshire and Arkansas.
There''s something fishy about this story and I think the whole thing was a set up.
Yeah, you think it''s fishy, right hippy? I guarantee you''d be frothing at the mouth about those dam Repugs if it happened to Obama, right? C''mon, admit it!
Another? I''m sorry, did I miss the others?
But since it''s a Republican, it''s just ''ho-hum.''
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