Le Goat
12-10-2008, 02:19 PM
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate, and seven other US governors have received letters with a suspicious white powder, according to the FBI.
Since Monday, "at least eight letters containing a suspicious white powder have been received by the offices of governors around the country," Robert Casey, special agent in charge for the FBI in Dallas, said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
"The white powder substance has been field screened and the tests have met with negative results. The white powder substance has been forwarded to local laboratories for further testing," the statement said.
The letters, all postmarked from Dallas, Texas, were sent to governors' offices in Rhode Island, Michigan, Mississippi, Alabama, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri as well as Alaska, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
In 2001 letters containing anthrax killed five people and spread panic. Since then, police and fire officers have been called out to investigate suspicious mailings across the country -- most of them harmless.
Since Monday, "at least eight letters containing a suspicious white powder have been received by the offices of governors around the country," Robert Casey, special agent in charge for the FBI in Dallas, said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
"The white powder substance has been field screened and the tests have met with negative results. The white powder substance has been forwarded to local laboratories for further testing," the statement said.
The letters, all postmarked from Dallas, Texas, were sent to governors' offices in Rhode Island, Michigan, Mississippi, Alabama, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri as well as Alaska, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
In 2001 letters containing anthrax killed five people and spread panic. Since then, police and fire officers have been called out to investigate suspicious mailings across the country -- most of them harmless.