WTF Just Happened Today? – Audio Edition

Day 643


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1/ The Secret Service intercepted packages containing “potential explosive devices� addressed to Obama and Hillary Clinton, similar to the one found at the home of George Soros on Monday. All three devices are of similar pipe-bomb-style construction. The Secret Service said “the packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such.� Contrary to reports, a suspicious package was not sent to the White House. (New York Times / Washington Post / ABC News / NBC News / CNBC / Associated Press)

  • 📌 The Re-up: Day 642. An explosive device was found in a mailbox outside a home of billionaire George Soros in Westchester County, New York. The bomb was “proactively detonatedâ€� by the bomb squad. The case has been turned over to the FBI. (The Hill / New York Times)
  • 2/ A similar device was sent to CNN’s headquarter in New York, addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan. The package contained a white powder. Brennan doesn’t work for CNN, but is a national security and intelligence analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. CNN’s New York bureau in the Time Warner Center was evacuated. (NBC News / CNN / Washington Post)

    • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the live explosive package sent to the Time Warner Center in New York City an “act of terror.â€� (CNBC)

    • A package addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters was intercepted at a Congressional mail facility. (New York Times)

    • Suspicious packages were found outside the San Diego Union-Tribune. The building and nearby businesses were briefly evacuated. The boxes were filled with everyday items that included children’s books and a football. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

      3/ The return address on the packages addressed to Soros, CNN, Obama, and the Clintons listed Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who currently serves as a representative for Florida’s 23rd congressional district and is the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz’s office was also evacuated after a suspicious package was discovered. It was misaddressed to Eric Holder and returned to Wasserman Schultz’s office, because that was ...

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