Quote:Explosive device found in George Soros' home mailbox; FBI investigating.

'A pipe-bomb-like device loaded with black powder was found at the suburban New York City home
of billionaire financier George Soros, prompting the FBI to launch an investigation into who would
want to harm the philanthropist and political activist, a law enforcement source told ABC News on
Tuesday.



The FBI detonated the device near Soros' home in Katonah, New York, and were analyzing the parts
to determine whether the bomb was built to go off, the source said.

Soros has become a favorite target of right-wing groups due to his support of progressive causes and
Democratic candidates, but authorities have not commented on whether any specific group is being
investigated in regard to the incident.
The source emphasized that the device was no hoax.

The bomb was found about 3:45 p.m. Monday in the mailbox of Soros' home by a property caretaker for
the billionaire, the source said.
"An employee of the residence opened the package, revealing what appeared to be an explosive device,"
said Bedford police, which sent officers to the residence, in a statement.
The caretaker placed the suspicious package in a wooded area and called the police, officials said.

No determination has been made whether the device arrived by mail or was planted in the mailbox, and there
is no suspect yet. The 88-year-old Soros was not home when the device was discovered, and no one was
injured in the incident.
Bedford police said the investigation was turned over to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.

"We are conducting an investigation at and around a residence in Bedford, New York. There is no threat to public
safety, and we have no further comment at this time," the FBI New York office tweeted Monday afternoon.

FBI New York
@NewYorkFBI
 We are conducting an investigation at and around a residence in Bedford, NY. 
There is no threat to public safety, and we have no further comment at this time.

A Hungarian immigrant who lived through the Nazi occupation during World War II, Soros launched his own hedge
fund in 1970 and went on to become one of the most successful investors in U.S. history.

The discovery of the pipe bomb follows a separate and unrelated case this month in another northern New York City
suburb in which the FBI found a 200-pound workable bomb, and arrested a man who allegedly built it and planned to
detonate it on the National Mall in Washington on Election Day, officials said.

While no determination has been made about a motive in the Soros case, investigators said they are concerned about
consequences of the nation's heightened political rhetoric...'

Quote:While no determination has been made about a motive in the Soros case, investigators said they are concerned about

consequences of the nation's heightened political rhetoric...'

(10-23-2018, 09:06 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: ...The list is long for the evil this man has done.

(10-24-2018, 08:21 AM)BIAD Wrote:

(10-23-2018, 09:06 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: ...The list is long for the evil this man has done.

They never mention what he did in the Second World War!

Quote:Suspicious packages sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, CNN's New York City office.

'The first package was recovered on Tuesday in Westchester County, New York, and a second
in Washington, D.C., the FBI and Secret Service said in a statement.

Suspicious packages that appear to be working explosives were sent to Hillary Clinton, former
President Barack Obama and CNN's New York newsroom, triggering a nationwide investigation
and bi-partisan condemnation, officials said.


One of the suspected explosive devices intercepted by law enforcement officials on Oct. 24, 2018.


The first package intercepted was addressed to the former presidential candidate and discovered
on Tuesday near the Clintons' home in Chappaqua, New York, a suburb of New York City. A second
was addressed to Obama and intercepted Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the FBI and Secret
Service said in a statement.

The third was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan and discovered Wednesday at CNN's
base in Manhattan.
"The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential
explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such. Both packages were intercepted prior
to being delivered to their intended location.
The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them," the statement said.

"The Secret Service has initiated a full scope criminal investigation that will leverage all available federal,
state, and local resources to determine the source of the packages and identify those responsible.”

On Wednesday morning, CNN's New York City newsroom was evacuated and the NYPD's bomb squad
was called following reports of an explosive device. This comes as an explosive device was found in the
mailbox of George Soros' home in Bedford, New York on Monday.

The devices, which appear to be working explosives, were in manilla packages that included stamps and
signatures on them with a return address belonging to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla, according
to three senior law enforcement officials.

The New York bureau of the FBI tweeted that they are aware of the situation and are working with other
law enforcement agencies to investigate. A senior White House official told NBC News that President
Trump has been briefed and they are taking it "extremely seriously."

“We condemn the attempted violent attacks recently made against President Obama, President Clinton,
Secretary Clinton, and other public figures," added White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.
"These terrorizing acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the fullest
extent of the law.

The United States Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are investigating and will take all
appropriate actions to protect anyone threatened by these cowards.”
Vice President Mike Pence thanked the Secret Service, FBI and local law enforcement for their swift response,
saying the "attempted attacks" against Clinton, Obama and CNN were "cowardly" and those responsible for
the packages "will be brought to justice."

A spokesman for Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she is in Florida, and Bill Clinton was home in New York
but said the package never made it to the couple's house.

Senior law enforcement officials said that the package to CNN is believed to be similar to the ones that were
addressed to Clinton, Obama and Soros, and was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan.

Law enforcement officials said that device in Soros' mailbox "had the components" of a bomb and contained
explosive powder. It was detonated as a precaution, and no one was injured. Soros, a business investor and
Holocaust survivor, was reportedly not at home at the time, and declined to comment on the incident.
No arrests have been made...'

(10-24-2018, 05:20 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Now they've found packages at Hillary and Obama's homes too. 

I don't think this is anyone in the Republican party doing this, at least not in the public...

(10-25-2018, 05:00 AM)Ninurta Wrote: ...When was the last time you saw a photo of a bomb BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED?

Quote:Bomb Disposal Expert Claims Mail Bombs Are an ‘Obvious Hoax’


'The mail bombs sent to CNN and Democratic leaders on Wednesday are an “obvious hoax” according to a bomb
disposal expert who argues the stunt was clearly designed for maximum political impact, not maximum damage.

Tom Sauer, a former Navy bomb disposal expert, has analyzed the evidence presented by CNN and declared that
the “pipe bomb” are obvious fakes, and whoever made the bomb wanted it to be “painfully obvious to anyone and
everyone that it’s a ‘bomb.'”



As a Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, Tom Sauer was responsible for conducting the demolition of
hazardous munitions, pyrotechnics, and retrograde explosives using detonation and burning techniques.
It’s safe to say he knows what a pipe bomb looks like.

By the sounds of it, Tom Sauer also recognizes a “silly looking” prop from a media propaganda campaign designed
to influence a midterm election when he sees one.



“In which case, we should ask ourselves what the motives of the “bomber” are and “who benefits?”
“Go ahead. Think deeply and critically.”
As Tom Sauer asks, who benefits from fake bombs being sent to former Democratic leaders and CNN?
That is the million dollar question here.

A former law enforcement officer also said it is clear the mail bomb story is “propaganda” designed to influence an
election.



Investigative journalist Adam Housley spoke to federal agents who said the fact that none of the bombs detonated is
highly significant.
HOUSLEY: Federal agents say they are working on the theory that it’s one group, or one person.
Also…the fact that none of them detonated is more significant than people may realize. I am told that’s a “huge clue”.

Adam Housley Twitter.
"Federal agents say they are working on the theory that it's one group, or one person.
Also...the fact that none of them detonated is more significant than people may realize.
I am told that's a "huge clue"."

Is this a dry run? Distraction? A few examples of theories feds are talking about.

Adam Housley Twitter.
"The fact that the devices were crude of course is a clue, but again...there are other variables
that you may not think of. All this has to be taken into consideration by law enforcement.
Dry Run? Hoax? True intention? Distraction for something else? Just a few examples I'm told"

Not insinuating this is a false flag, just asking questions journalists are supposed to ask.

Adam Housley Twitter.
"To clarify to anyone trying to politicize: I am insinuating nothing. Just reporting actual facts.
Imagine that. Actual possibilities and what investigators are doing. Nowhere did I say false flag.
It is one possibility tho, as is dry run. Get it?"

Investigative reporter, Paul Sperry said it best:

Paul Sperry Twitter.
"6 bombs sent to Democrats. 0 go off. All crudely made pipe bombs and conspicuously obvious
explosives, and all easily screened and discovered. Stunt seems designed for maximum
political/media optics, not maximum damage"..'

(10-25-2018, 05:00 AM)Ninurta Wrote: Let's make a checklist:

1. George Soros - funds and organizes organizations whose purpose is to foment revolution in the US and overthrow the government and the will of the American People.

2. Hillary Clinton - she of the "we can't be civil with those who oppose us" fame

3. Obama - he who nearly accomplished the Soros dream of turning America into Amerika.

4. Eric Holder - he of "if you get 'em down, kick 'em in the head" fame.

5.Maxine Waters - she of "if you see them out in a store or restaurant, get in their faces, drive them from the place" fame.

6. CNN - has any number of talking heads who are at any given time trying to kick off a revolution for the news ratings.

Are we seeing a common thread here? Could it be a right winger who has thought "Ok, if you want to kick it off, let's kick it off with a bang! You wanna play? Ok let's play! You've set the rules, let me show you how that works..." It just gives me the giggles that all these folks who have been bitching and preaching civil war openly are suddenly deciding they don't want to play the game THEY are trying to start.

Maybe they should just take their balls and gloves and go home.

On the other hand, it's also interesting that NONE of these bombs actually exploded. Maybe it's just a message of "make sure you want to play this game before we get serious about playing it".

Then there is the goofy look of the bombs. They look like movie bombs. I'd never build a pipe bomb with all those wires hanging out - it looks like a goddamned explosion in a spaghetti factory! If I were going to build one, it would have - at most - ONE wire sticking out, and that just an antenna for the inner workings that would make it go BOOM! All those wires hanging out just make it easier to cut wires to deactivate it, and since the cap would have to be inside with the charge, there is no need for them.

None of the pipes have been scored or wire-wrapped for fragmentation effect.

A whole cell phone taped to the outside of the bomb? Really? How is the perpetrator going to know when to call the number of that phone half way around the country or the world?

When was the last time you saw a photo of a bomb BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED? There are details that are not released to prevent copy-cat bombers from mucking up the investigation, and to prevent the bad guys from knowing what clues the investigators are tracking. It just doesn't happen that way - details are kept close to the vest until the investigation is complete.

Nope, these "bombs" are simply for propaganda effect, in my opinion. Now whether that propaganda message is "be sure who yer fuckin' with before you get started" or "see? those evil right wingers are gonna kill us all!" or "vote Democrat, because we only talk shit while Republicans DO shit!" is anyone's guess at this point.

Either way, it's not going to affect my vote - I'll vote straight Republican this time around, even for the Republicans I hate, because of the shit-show the Democrats threw around the Kavanaugh confirmation. We could do with more adults in government, and fewer temper-tantrum throwing petulant NPC children.

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Quote:Suspicious packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden, Robert De Niro.

'Former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro --both prominent critics of the Trump
administration --were the targets of suspicious packages discovered Thursday, officials said, one
day after several similar parcels were sent to the homes and businesses of various Democratic
politicos on Wednesday.

The FBI, New Castle County, Del., police and postal inspectors were investigating the package
addressed to Biden, law enforcement officials told Fox News, stressing the suspicious package
investigation was the bureau's highest priority.

The FBI was also investigating a second package addressed to Biden at a postal facility in Wilmington.
Both packages were similar to the others that were received. The FBI later confirmed the packages
were addessed to Biden and De Niro

The FBI Laboratory at Quantico, Va., is also engaged, beginning forensic analysis of some of the
packages addressed to former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
liberal billionaire George Soros, former Attorney General Eric Holder, former CIA Director John Brennan
and California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters.



Pictures of the contents of the Brennan package appeared to show a pipe bomb, but it wasn't clear if
the explosive was in working order, and several experts took to social media to note flaws in the design.
The Brennan device was also wrapped with a spoof flag of the terror group ISIS that bore the Larry the
Cable Guy catchphrase "Get 'Er Done." It wasn't clear if either the Biden or De Niro packages contained
similar contents.

The package addressed to "Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.," and bearing the return address of former
Democratic National Committee head Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was discovered at a Delaware
postal facility and did not reach Biden's house.

Photos of the Biden packaging showed that the address stickers and postage stamps were nearly identical
to the packaging found on the suspicious parcels from Wednesday. Biden no longer receives Secret Service
protection, officials told Fox News.

Biden's house in Wilmington, was swept by authorities on Wednesday as a precautionary measure after the
Obama, Clinton and Brennan packages were uncovered. That search did not turn up anything of note.

The suspicious package addressed to De Niro was discovered earlier Thursday in the mailroom of his
production company, TriBeca Productions, a law enforcement source told Fox News.
Security at the Tribeca Film Center called police because the package looked similar to the ones seen
Wednesday, the law enforcement source said.

The NYPD Bomb Squad took an X-Ray and determined the package should be removed from the building
and sent to a facility at Rodman’s Neck in the Bronx.

“A suspicious package was received. We called the police. They took it out and went through all safety procedures,”
the Tribeca Film Center said in a statement. “It was addressed to Robert De Niro and is similar packaging to the
others. It is an open investigation. Everyone is safe and the building is open.”

The FBI said Wednesday evening it had identified seven suspicious packages addressed to prominent Democratic
figures over the last three days containing “potentially destructive devices.”
The packages discovered Thursday would make it 10.

The bureau initially said it had recovered five packages that were similar in appearance and bore the return address
of an office for Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.  The FBI said it was possible additional packages were mailed to other
locations.

President Trump condemned the mailings on Wednesday and said a "major federal investigation is now underway."
"We have to unify. We have to come together," Trump said, at a bill-signing for opioid legislation. "Acts or threats of
political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America.”

On Thursday, he tweeted about the “anger” caused by the mainstream media.
“A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting
of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News,” he wrote. “It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond
description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!"

But even as Trump was placing the blame on the media, many of those targeted by the suspicious packages said
Trump bore responsibility.

"Stop blaming others. Look in the mirror. Your inflammatory rhetoric, insults, lies, & encouragement of physical violence
are disgraceful. Clean up your act...try to act Presidential. The American people deserve much better.
BTW, your critics will not be intimidated into silence," Brennan tweeted.

Waters said in an interview with Blavity that the president "does a lot to promote violence."
De Niro, a longtime Trump critic, earlier this month said he felt “offended” by Trump and the GOP.
He had previously said he would like to punch the president in the face...'

(10-25-2018, 11:13 PM)Ninurta Wrote: I may be missing one or two possibilities. Can anyone else think of why someone would send TEN bombs without a single one blowing up?

(10-25-2018, 11:13 PM)Ninurta Wrote: 10 "pipe bombs" so far, and not a single one has gone off.

Not ONE, out of TEN.

Possibilities -

1) The world's most incompetent bomber - indicates someone who is not a right winger.  Right wing bombs go BOOM! Right wingers know their stuff when it comes to destroying shit.

2) Someone sending a "message" or a "warning". I.e. "we won't blow you up this time, but watch your back if you can't shut your mouth and stop talking shit you can't back up".

3) Left wingers who don't want to blow up their own but would rather toss blame at right wingers, perhaps with a motive of influencing elections by making lefties out to be "victims" worthy of a pity vote.

4) Deep State actors intent on propagandistic influence similar to number 3 above.

I may be missing one or two possibilities. Can anyone else think of why someone would send TEN bombs without a single one blowing up?

(10-26-2018, 05:17 AM)Ninurta Wrote: ...These "bombs" are a comical caricature of what a bomb ought to be. They are stupid, and any right winger dumb enough to build a
contraption like that from something he saw in a movie ought to kill himself and save us the trouble of sorting him out.

What I am coming to believe is that they are built by LEFT wingers who want to project them onto the right wing, and they are, to that
end, trying to "hillbilly" them down as they see hillbillies, with such crazy shit as putting a fake ISIS flag on them with the words
"git 'er done" on the flags - no hillbilly on Earth would do that, not even the stupid ones...

Quote:Two new suspicious packages addressed to Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., another to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, were intercepted by authorities on Friday amid a nationwide manhunt for a possible serial mail bomber.

A package addressed to Booker was found at sorting facility in Opa-locka, Fla., where federal investigators had focused their search on Thursday after three more suspicious packages targeting prominent Democrats — including former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro — were discovered in Delaware and New York City.

The package sent to Clapper was discovered at a mail facility in midtown Manhattan. It was addressed to the former intelligence chief at CNN, where Clapper is a CNN contributor.

Earlier this week, Time Warner Center, which houses CNN’s New York City headquarters, was evacuated after a package containing a suspicious device, addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, was discovered in the mail room. (Brennan, who has appeared on CNN, is an MSNBC contributor.)

Quote:BREAKING: A suspicious package has been found at a building that houses Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Los Angeles office - CBSLA

(10-26-2018, 05:33 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Has Feinstein been included here yet?  This is from 15 hours ago.

Quote:BREAKING: A suspicious package has been found at a building that houses Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Los Angeles office - CBSLA