An FBI spokeswoman said Tuesday that the white powder mailed to Republican congressional candidate Robert Hurt poses "no danger to the public." The occasional mailings of white powder since November 2001 have turned out to be talcum powder, flour, or what have you. I'm hoping the original mailer managed to kill him/her/itself.
But the spokeswoman stopped short of actually naming the substance that Hurt received in an envelope at his Chatham office Friday.
Probably not powdered sugar...
"This is an ongoing investigation; I can't talk about it at all," FBI media representative Dee Rybiski said Tuesday.
"I can say no more!"
Rybiski said the agency would not be immediately releasing the results of the tests or the status of the investigation.
"We're going to wait until Attention Span Deficit Syndrome kicks in and nobody remembers it...
The investigation into a white powder mailed to Hurt has been turned over to the FBI.
If I was a terrorist intent on distributing actual anthrax or what have you I'd dye my powder brown and sprinkle it on home-baked cookies. But since the intent is to cause people to holler "Oh, my!" and call the cops and get decontaminated the guys who're actually doing this crap don't try to disguise it.
As local, state and federal law enforcement and emergency management teams responded to the senator's office Friday, Hurt and staff members who were exposed to the powder went through a decontamination process, according to Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor.