Finally, Some Attention

POLITICIANS TARGETED?

Political violence may finally be getting some much needed attention following "Bomb" intercepts intended for Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama and George Soros. While the details of these suspicious packages threats remain exceedingly murky, you can expect the national press to begin to devote time to this growing issue in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

It is odd how they are describing these packages, the U.S. Secret Service indicating that they are "potentially explosive devices", meaning what, exactly? I've never heard of a bomb described that way. The FBI released a statement via Twitter, saying merely:

We are aware of a suspicious package found in the vicinity of the Clinton residence in Chappaqua, NY, and our JTTF has engaged with our federal, state and local partners to investigate. As this is an on-going investigation, we will have no further comment at this time

— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) October 24, 2018

The only suspicious package that made it to its intended recipient was the package addressed to George Soros, a left-wing billionaire and activist. The BBC reports,

"An employee of the residence opened the package, revealing what appeared to be an explosive device," a Bedford Police Department official told the New York Times.

 They go on further stating,

Arriving at the scene, police discovered a device that was later confirmed by officials to have contained explosive powder and "had the components" of a bomb. It was then "proactively detonated", police said.

A package with components of a bomb along with explosive powder was detonated, no mention of secondary explosion following detonation so no valuable information was obtained. Could the explosive powder have been gunpowder? Potentially explosive devices may have been bullets? I know, and there doesn't appear to be many answers forthcoming. I guess we'll stay tuned and hopefully this will encourage our political leaders to lay off the violent rhetoric that has been fulminating recently.

*UPDATE*

Additional explosive devices have been intercepted at CNN,

This photo obtained by @ABC and confirmed by two law enforcement sources shows the device recovered from @CNN by the NYPD bomb squad. pic.twitter.com/HFzTMSoJXG

— Gio Benitez (@GioBenitez) October 24, 2018

Addressed to John Brennan, a relentless critic of the Trump administration. Definitely looks like an attempt at a pipe bomb and is now being described as similar to the devices sent to the Clinton residence and the Obama residence. This one was described as functional by the authorities.