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The Secret Service says the package addressed to Clinton was discovered late Tuesday, intercepted at a mail screening facility near her home in a New York suburb where she lives with her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Speaking on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton thanked the Secret Service for intercepting the package that was addressed to her. "It is a troubling time, isn't it? It's a time of deep divisions and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together," said the former secretary of state at an event in Florida.Ī separate package addressed to Obama, according to the Secret Service, was intercepted at a screening facility at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, a 365-hectare military facility in Washington.Ĭalifornia Congresswoman Maxine Waters was sent two suspect packages, one intended for her office in the nation's capital and the other for her home district office. The first was intercepted at a congressional mail sorting center in the state of Maryland, and the second discovered by postal inspectors at the Los Angeles Central Mail Sorting Facility.
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The first in the series of explosive devices was found Monday in a mailbox outside the New York home of billionaire philanthropist George Soros, a major donor to Democratic candidates. The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them." The Secret Service said the packages addressed to Obama and Hillary Clinton "were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such. VOA's Masood Farivar and Ken Bredemeier contributed to this report.This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.
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Update your settings here to see it.ĬNN isn’t the only media company with offices in the building. WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros. Zucker wrote in a memo to staff, “I can confirm that we have checked all of our bureaus worldwide, and have found no other devices have been found.” and HBO, has employees at Time Warner Center, as does Turner Networks. “We are working with authorities to determine the severity of the situation,” Zucker said.
“The NYPD is on scene, and we working closely with them to take every precaution.
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But he also decried what he described as an “act of terror attempting to undermine our free press.” We are also checking all bureaus around the world, out of a complete abundance of caution.” He said they were putting up magnetometers at the entrance to the CNN building in Atlanta, and that CBS News reached out and offered assistance.Īt the press conference, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said authorities were stepping up police presence at media locations in New York. “We cannot let the acts of a few change who we are,” De Blasio said. The news of the packages triggered a number of false reports of suspicious devices. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at the press conference that a device was also sent to his Manhattan office, but an NYPD spokesperson later confirmed that it was not a bomb.
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