Five churches, two mosques, 13 businesses and one residence are among 21 North Texas addresses that recently received white powder in envelopes, the FBI reported.
Field tests have indicated that the letters contained cornstarch (like the substance pictured right), but local hazardous-materials teams have been sent to handle and analyze the letters, which are being investigated by the FBI, U.S. postal inspectors and local cops.
The envelopes, according to the FBI, contain "notes," although the contents are not being disclosed.
"We are not commenting at this time on the content of the note," Special Agent Mark White said Tuesday in the FBI's Dallas office.
What's the big deal with cornstarch?
You'll recall after Sept. 11. 2001 when the threat of letter-borne anthrax made headlines. (This archive photo at left was taken in Washington D.C.)
-- Compiled by Bill Miller from the work of Domingo Ramirez Jr.
I remember a time when getting white powder in the mail was a good thing.....lol
Posted by: mike | August 11, 2010 at 10:07 PM