White Powder Letters Received Around the United States

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White Powder Letters Received Around the United States - FBI Requests Assistance and Information from the Public

For Immediate Release
December 19, 2008

FBI Dallas
Contact: Special Agent Mark White
(972) 559-5000

Suspicious White Powder Letters Received Around the United States

Since Monday, December 8, letters containing a note and suspicious white powder have been received by the offices of more than 40 governors across the country. Additional letters have been received at several U.S. Embassies overseas, said Robert E. Casey, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Dallas FBI.

The white powder in each of these letters has been field screened and the tests have met with negative results. The powder has been forwarded to local laboratories and testing to date has been negative for biological agents. The FBI has contacted the governors' offices and the State Department to be on the lookout for additional letters.

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