He said bombers tend to plot methodically. The tape on the pipe is "an investigator's dream," he said, recalling a case in Texas that was solved because the fibers on the tape were traced to the bomber's dog. They said investigators searching for more suspicious parcels had not found any during the previous eight hours.ĭavid Chipman, a retired federal ATF agent and now senior policy adviser for the Giffords Center, said the details revealed telltale signs that could help guide investigators. mail, and cautioned that there could be additional devices in the postal system. At the New York briefing, authorities confirmed that at least some of the packages were distributed through the U.S. The official said the devices were made from PVC pipe and covered with black tape. The bombs seized Wednesday were about 6 inches (15 centimeters) long and packed with powder and broken glass, according to a law enforcement official who viewed X-ray images. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. The explosive devices were packed in envelopes with bubble-wrap interiors bearing six American flag stamps and the return address of Florida Rep. The list of bombing targets spread from New York, Delaware and Washington, D.C., to Florida and California. Clean up your act.try to act Presidential."ĬNN didn't immediately respond to messages seeking comment before business hours Friday. "Your inflammatory rhetoric, insults, lies, & encouragement of physical violence are disgraceful. New details about the devices came as the four-day mail bomb scare spread nationwide, drawing investigators from dozens of federal, state and local agencies in the effort to identify one or more perpetrators.įormer CIA Director Brennan, the target of a package sent to CNN, fired back. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, in an interview Thursday night with Fox News Channel, acknowledged that some of packages originated in Florida. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation by name. Investigators are homing in on a postal facility in Opa-locka, Florida, where they believe some of the packages originated, another official said. A search of a postal database suggested at least some may have been mailed from Florida, one official said. But they were uncertain whether the devices were poorly designed or never intended to cause physical harm. Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that the devices, containing timers and batteries, were not rigged like booby-trapped package bombs that would explode upon opening. Investigators were analyzing the innards of the crude devices to reveal whether they were intended to detonate or simply sow fear just before Election Day. An earlier package had been sent to former Obama CIA Director John Brennan in care of CNN in New York. The one discovered at a Manhattan postal facility was addressed to Clapper c/o CNN. The FBI said the package to Booker was intercepted in Florida.
The discoveries brought to 12 the total number of devices addressed in recent days to Democratic figures including former President Barack Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper - and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats - have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled from coast to coast to locate the culprit and motives behind a bizarre plot aimed at critics of President Donald Trump. WASHINGTON – Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen.
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