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FBI Says Ricin Investigation Is Stalling
The FBI has said that the investigation into two letters containing the poison ricin sent last fall to the White House and the U.S. Transportation Department is beginning to “slow down” because of a lack of leads in the case, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, Feb. 23). The two letters contained notes criticizing new trucking regulations and were signed “Fallen Angel.” One, addressed to the Transportation Department, was found at South Carolina mail processing facility on Oct. 15. The second, addressed to the White House, was found in November at an offsite mail facility in Washington. No letter has been discovered in a third ricin incident, in which a small amount of the powder was found Feb. 2 in the Dirksen Senate office mailroom used by the staff of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn). Yesterday, in an effort to drum up new leads in the case, the FBI released a copy of the typewritten letter addressed to the White House. That letter threatened to turn Washington into a “ghost town” if the new trucking regulations were not reversed, according to AP. The envelope had a handwritten address for the White House, which is the only handwriting sample obtained in the case so far, FBI spokesman Tom O’Neill said. “We’re hoping that somebody is going to recognize that handwriting,” O’Neill said. “Really, we’re just trying to get some new leads. The investigation is starting to slow down,” he added (Curt Anderson, Associated Press/Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 24).
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