Disgraceful

[J. Hill]

An envelope mailed to the White House tested positive for cyanide, the Secret Service said.

The envelope arrived on Monday at a facility elsewhere in the Washington area that screens mail for the White House. Biological tests were negative, but a chemical test on Tuesday came back positive for cyanide, the agency said.

The envelope was sent to another facility to confirm the result.

According to the website The Intercept, a law enforcement alert said that the return address was for a man who has a Secret Service record dating to 1995, including sending a package covered in urine and feces.

The alert said that the envelope contained an "unknown milky substance" in a container wrapped in a plastic bag, The Intercept reported. The Secret Service had no further comment.

This is a disgrace. I may not like Obama, but to mail a poison like this to the White House should never have happened. It puts the lives of innocent people at risk. Don't these idiots know that the President NEVER opens his own mail? None of the Presidents did. They should lock this idiot up in a mental institution., the guy who sent the letter, not the president. He belongs in jail.

[Melnyk 1st MRB]

Not everything is the presidents fault. To go with that, killing and violence won't always solve all problems as well. Its just a shame to see a former secret service operative do such a thing, if it was him.

[Kirkendall 1st MRB]

Not everything is the presidents fault. To go with that, killing and violence won't always solve all problems as well. Its just a shame to see a former secret service operative do such a thing, if it was him.

Having a Secret Service record means that you're known as a "Person of Interest" by the Secret Service, not that you previously were a member of the Secret Service. So previously, if he'd try to get in a White House tour, the Secret Service would know to block him.

[Melnyk 1st MRB]

Not everything is the presidents fault. To go with that, killing and violence won't always solve all problems as well. Its just a shame to see a former secret service operative do such a thing, if it was him.

Having a Secret Service record means that you're known as a "Person of Interest" by the Secret Service, not that you previously were a member of the Secret Service. So previously, if he'd try to get in a White House tour, the Secret Service would know to block him.

Good point, thanks for clarifying.

Edited March 18, 2015 by Melnyk 1st MRB