...""We're fairly confident all three incidents are related," said Rich Wolf, a spokesman for the FBI field office in Baltimore, where its Joint Terrorist Task Force is leading an investigation encompassing federal and state law enforcement agencies.
The Maryland parcels were addressed to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and to state Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley. Each contained an identical, coarse message: "Report Suspicious Activity! Total [expletive]! You Have Created A Self Fulfilling Prophecy. -X-"....
...Authorities described incidents involving dangerous devices sent through the mail as rare. Only 13 cases were recorded between 2004 and 2009, according to Frank Schissler, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's Washington division.
"These types of incidents are usually done by a sender who has a grievance against a specific individual, or making a political statement," he said in an interview, noting that public officials or jilted lovers are the most frequent targets. "It's rare that random people are targeted; it almost never happens."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/08/AR2011010803615.html
The Maryland parcels were addressed to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and to state Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley. Each contained an identical, coarse message: "Report Suspicious Activity! Total [expletive]! You Have Created A Self Fulfilling Prophecy. -X-"....
...Authorities described incidents involving dangerous devices sent through the mail as rare. Only 13 cases were recorded between 2004 and 2009, according to Frank Schissler, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's Washington division.
"These types of incidents are usually done by a sender who has a grievance against a specific individual, or making a political statement," he said in an interview, noting that public officials or jilted lovers are the most frequent targets. "It's rare that random people are targeted; it almost never happens."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/08/AR2011010803615.html
