Posted October 3, 2018 2:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Things are pretty ugly in the country at the moment. While we aren’t quite to the point of shooting one another, despite one person’s best efforts, things are tense.

A couple of packages containing Ricin sent to the Pentagon aren’t exactly going to calm stuff down, either.

Two envelopes addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson have initially tested positive for the deadly poison ricin at the Pentagon’s mail facility, according to a report.

The packages, which were delivered Monday, were intercepted before making it into the sprawling headquarters of the Defense Department in Virginia near Washington, DC, spokesman Chris Sherwood said Tuesday.

They triggered alarms as they underwent a security screening at the off-site mail processing center, according to the Military Times.

A defense official told CNN that the intended recipients were Mattis and Richardson.

Of course, Sec. Mattis and Adm. Richardson were not exposed to the deadly poison.

Neither was President Trump in what authorities believe was a related incident.

Ricin isn’t exactly the most complicated thing to make. It’s made from castor beans, which you can buy online easily enough. While I …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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