Letter Delivered to Norwich Bulletin Threatened to Spread MRSA Virus, Building Put on Lockdown –The Bulletin officers were locked down because of a hazmat. 20 Nov 2013 (CT) The Norwich Bulletin was locked down for about three hours after receiving a suspicious letter on Wednesday. According to police, a letter was delivered to the building this morning threatening to spread the MRSA virus, which the author claimed to have. The Norwich Bulletin reports that the letter was hand written and included conspiracy [!?!] theories. Police said the letter was also covered in an “unknown liquid substance,” which raised suspicions. The Bulletin employee who discovered the letter brought it to the Norwich Police Department around 11 a.m.
Homeland Security: Silk Road Vendor Sent Obama Ricin Letter 18 Nov 2013 A former vendor on the now-defunct online black m*rket bazaar known as Silk Road sent a letter laced with the poison Ricin to U.S. President Barack Obama, according to a letter submitted by an official at the Department of Homeland Security. Brian de Vallance, the acting assistant secretary for legislative affairs for DHS, briefly mentioned the poisoning attempt in a letter he sent the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.