Suspicious letters mailed to Colbert, Stewart, members of Congress

Multiple reports have emerged, stating that members of Congress as well as some media sources have received threatening mail over the past two days, with authorities warning that there is a distinct possibility that more threats may be coming.

The reports came from Reuters and NBC News New York. While Reuters indicated that the letters were isolated, sent to only three members of Congress, the NBC News Report stated the unnamed person, who signed the letters "MAB," sent letters to 100 senators and various media companies, including The New York Times, Fox News and NPR. Also reportedly sent letters were political commentators and comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report."

According to Reuters, at least two of the letters, one sent to the home-state office of a senator and the other to the district office of a member of the House of Representatives, contained a suspicious powdery substance. However, tests found the substance to be harmless, according to a statement by Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer, the chamber's chief law enforcement officer. Gainer did not elaborate on what was found in the third letter, but warned that the letters all appeared to be postmarked in Portland, Ore., and that special attention should be paid to any letters arriving from there.

The writer of the letters apparently voices voices anger about corporate greed and the state of the U.S. economy. He added that some of the letters contained harmful substances, but those that were so "spiked" were chosen at random.

Gainer made note of that in his warnings, saying that "the author of the letters has indicated that additional letters containing a powdery substance will be arriving at more Senate offices and that some of these letters may contain an actual harmful material."

Notably, at this point there is no evidence that any such letters contain actual dangerous substances. However, the letters bring back memories of the 2001 anthrax attacks that followed the 9/11 terror attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others.

Since then, though, many fake "infected mailings" have been sent.

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